Escaped Inmate Recaptured In Utah

[Old Moparz]

I wonder if this guy expected to just blend in with the community & go unnoticed?    What a dirt bag, glad they got him.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/25/corrections.officer.shooting.ap/

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) -- Authorities said a prison inmate out for a medical appointment wrested a gun from a corrections officer and killed him Monday, then led police on a high-speed chase in a stolen sport utility vehicle before his capture at a fast-food restaurant.

Curtis Allgier, whose wears a swastika and the words "skin head" on his heavily tattooed face, fired a shot in the Arby's that hit no one before a customer at the restaurant grabbed the gun, Salt Lake City police Sgt. Rich Brede said.

"It sounds like he was heroic, even though he's being humble about it," he said of the 59-year-old customer.

Allgier, 27, was captured in an office and taken to jail to await charges.

Allgier got the gun from corrections officer Stephen Anderson while he was in an examination room at the University of Utah orthopedic center awaiting an MRI for back pain around 7:45 a.m., university Police Chief Scott Folsom said.

The procedure requires an officer to replace metal restraints with a plastic "flex cuff," said Tom Patterson, director of the Utah Department of Corrections.

"There was some sort of altercation. The inmate got hold of the weapon and shot the officer," Folsom said.

Anderson, 60, a 22-year-veteran, was shot in the head, authorities said.

"This is one of the risks in the job we perform for the community," Patterson said. "Unfortunately the risk sometimes is our very lives."

Allgier forced two people out of a Ford Explorer outside the medical center, Brede said; neither was hurt.

Officers chased the SUV at speeds up to 100 mph. Two Salt Lake City squad cars crashed into each other while trying to cut off Allgier, Brede said, but there were no serious injuries.

Allgier's friend, Trisha Tower, said he called her while on the run to say he had shot an officer and was sorry.  (Yeah, sure.)

"I didn't even know how to deal with that," she said at her Salt Lake City home.

Police pursuing Allgier placed tire spikes on Interstate 215, but he still was able to drive several miles before bailing out in the Arby's drive-thru lane, police said.

Police arrived at the eatery just as Shirley Smiley, 57, was outside after breakfast with her husband and son. She said she heard a "popping noise" from inside, and police yelled "Get down!"

About six other customers and three employees were inside the restaurant, Smiley said. At least one person was "struck with some object" but was able to walk out, bloodied around the head, Brede said.

Police did not identify the customer who wrested the gun from Allgier, saying he did not want to be identified.

KUTV said the customer was Eric Fullerton.

"Everybody's calling me a hero. I'm not a hero," he told the TV station. "I just did what I had to do."

Allgier had been at the Utah State Prison in the Salt Lake City suburb of Draper on a parole violation. On June 14, he was sentenced to nearly nine years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm but had not been transferred yet to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.

The university serves as a regional medical center for Utah and has two hospitals and other facilities, including the orthopedic center. The corrections department routinely transports prisoners there for medical appointments.

It was not clear whether Allgier had a lawyer yet, and an attorney who represented in a recent federal criminal case did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

[PocketThunder]

Is it just me or does it seem like the wanted person always leads a high speed chase in a SUV?  Has OJ started a trend or something?

[Arthu®]

While really except vans and trucks they are the poorest handling vehicles around... If I were to run away I would at least try to get something that can do chases over 100mph, because really a chase with speeds of just 100mph is not a chase...

BTW how did he ever expect to get far with a tatooed face like that, not really something people don't notice...

Arthur

[my73charger]

Man what a loser..

[kab69440]

My guess is that since SUVs are the predominant type of vehicle on the road, one of them is probably the most available and easiest to grab. You know... when you're a bit pressed for time...

[Forza]

Well this guy can say goodbye to County jail and hello to a federal pound me in the ass prison. I hope this dude dies a slow painful death someday for killing that guard that was only doing his job.

[Charger_Fan]

It sounds like the SUV was merely the first vehicle to come along to hijack. I don't think he went car shopping, lookng for that "just right" ride.

I'm just sorry they didn't drill that loser full of holes when they caught him.
Sounds like he was almost a Wisconsin or Indiana problem too...

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=1397631

Curtis Allgier was featured recently on an episode of the MSNBC program "Lock-up." He talked about his background, his affiliation with the skinheads, even his tattoos.
"My whole family was skinheads," Allgier said on the program. "I was raised that way. My dad, my uncles, all my cousins. I've been getting tattoos since I was 13 years old. Once you start getting tattoos, it's addicting. The ink's addicting, the pain to an extent to me is addicting."

This episode, which focused on the Utah State Prison, aired last week.
"A lot of people see the swastika and they say, 'Well, that's hate.' To me, that's not what I wear it for. I wear it as a symbolism of pride, of who I am, and a symbolism of good luck. And I have a lot of them," he said.

At the time, Allgier was serving a one-to-15-year sentence for burglary, forgery and escape. Recently, Allgier was charged for being a felon in possession of a firearm. In court documents, his attorney argued for a lighter sentence, asking the judge to consider Allgier's history. She wrote, "... Allgier was born into white supremacy, and only followed the examples set by his father and other family members." 

On June 7, a federal judge sentenced Allgier to nearly nine months in prison, and recommended he serve it in a federal facility in Indiana or Wisconsin.
Also, we did some investigating and learned this about Curtis Allgier:
He was once named Utah's Public Enemy Number One for violating parole, before authorities caught him last year. He had been arrested for carrying a concealed weapon and escaping custody.

My condolences go to the family of Sgt. Anderson.
And here's to the 57 (?) year old guy who would not sit by & be a victim! He wrestled the gun away from this dirtbag loser, while the loser was trying to cut his throat. He put the safety of the other people in that room above his own & bought enough time for the cops to get in there to end it.

[moparsons]

Dumbass...

[dkn1997]

Look at his freakin' face!!  That piece of shit is useless and should be put down now.  what possible use could he ever be to anyone? 

[Mean 318]

what an ass hole! There will be a place in hell for him!

Last 426... maybe the customer should be sued to assaulting him by taking the gun from him...