CHARLESTON, Maine — Two convicts who walked out of the Charleston Correctional Facility on Sunday were captured by police late Wednesday evening, according to officials.
Randall Moulton, 20, of Bangor and Phillip Gardiner, 24, broke out and were on the loose in the Glenburn area. Department of Corrections Spokeswoman Judy Plummer said Monday that the two men “just walked out” of the minimum-security facility, which has no perimeter fence.
Officials received a tip on Moulton and Gardiner’s whereabouts Wednesday evening, according to a news release from Plummer. Officials intercepted the two in Glenburn and took them into custody. They were then taken to Penobscot County Jail.
Moulton is serving a sentence for burglary and theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, according to Plummer. He began his sentence on June 7 and was scheduled to be released in September 2013.
Gardiner had been incarcerated for burglary, robbery and criminal threatening since November 2009, Plummer said. He was scheduled to be released in November 2014.
Both men face up to five additional years in jail for their escape.
Police are still searching for a man who escaped Somerset County Jail on Monday.
Hope these fools enjoy the extra 5 years tacked onto their sentence’s for 5 days getting bit by bugs and blasted by 90′ temps lol.
And this time, there will be a fence.
I was hoping for before and after photo’s : )
Uh, why is it that inmates are able to just walk out of jail?
Did you read the story, there is no fence
They don’t have a fence according to the article?
I read the article and understood that there is no fence. Perhaps I was being too subtle. I’ll try again. Why is there no fence or guards around so many of our prisons and why, after numerous escapes have taken place, is this situation not being rectified?
Minimum security. Should be called zero security.
Please tell me that they were not returned to Charleston. Penobscot County and celled for 24 HRS/Day until they are tried and sentenced then off to the Maine State Prison.
You said it. I’d like to think they’ve graduated to the Big Time.
They will not be allowed back there, for a matter they will never b minimum security again
Here we go again, Curly and Moe have been caught, the Keystone cops have had their coffee and donuts from DD and the public now feels safe once again because we are now back to status quo. Well wake up time should be now rather than when the next article we read is how a CCF staff member was assaulted and now is in the hospital fighting for his life because he was the unlucky sole who got to watch 90 Minimum inmates all by himself at night. Now that’s the real issue. Staffing with inmate who the State has deemed minimum custody but let me tell you brothers and sisters there are real convicts with serious charges up there on that hill to include rapist, murders, aggravated assaults just to name a few. But if that doe not raise the hair on your head then think of this one the next time something happens like this (and IT will) what will you be thinking of what you might have done now instead of worrying about your children because a murderer or rapist is out on the lam and you did nothing to help prevent it like raise your voice and demand more staffing where it should be to keep our community safe!!!!!
How about a fence? They don’t even have a fence! I’d try that for starters.
Since its minimum security, they cannot have a fence. The prisons that have been lowered to min security have to leave the gates open on their fences. Lets put some money back into the system, bring them to Medium security, and put a fence up.
Charleston will never go medium security.
Own a firearm and keep your own family safe. Don’t depend on the state or anyone else to do it for you.
Good idea!
They broke out to get five more years. These cats are plain Ignorent. Is five more years really worth that? I mean jesh what did they expect to happen?
I find it ironic and hilarious that you spelled “ignorant” wrong..
the streets are safe once again.
Come on, let’s face it, five more years is a blessing for some prisoners. They do this so that they can continue living off of society. Free cable, a roof over their head, no rent, gym membership, and not to mention three square meals a day. I have to pay well over $1300/month for all of this. Oh wait, I can’t forget my contribution as a tax payer to cover the above mentioned. I am surprised we don’t see more of it.
l’d like to see an off the grid prison farm where the inmates have to grow and raise their food.
Also services like animal shelters and even scientific breeding of endangered amphibians have been performed with remarkable success by inmates at a tiny percent of the usual cost.
While it can be argued that these men are not very bright they are not disposable. I fear rather than take a proactive progressive approach Maine will just hire some private prison company with a detestable record like Correction Corporation of America to solve our budget woes and things are only gonna get worse.
“Theses’ people are not very bright? have been ‘Preformed” with remarkable success? Having a criminal record has nothing to do with ones intelligence. There are many people in prison with high I.Q.’s. Some of them even know how to use spell check…..lol
You have to admit the guy who only had two months left was pretty stupid.
That was my point… my spelling may be off but you seem to have no comprehension.
LOL
I totally agree with you. By the way, Eastern Maine Development Corp. — that’s the outfit that controls the purse strings on corporate welfare handouts for northern and eastern Maine — they might have no use for nor offer any serious help for the tens of thousands of struggling small businesses in Maine that truly are the backbone of our economy, but in alliance with the Tea Party knaves and fools surrounding our present excuse for a governor they have pushed relentlessly to help out their friends in Tennessee (i.e., Corrections Corporation of America) to actually build a for-profit prison in Milo. That’s their pathetic idea for economic development in Maine.
Thank you…
cool man!!! look at me!!
Idiots