Handcuffed Detainee Jumps from Police Vehicle

Now here’s a story that sounds straight out of a movie, a prisoner on the run near Crooked Tree Junction sparked a brief but intense manhunt. Victor Gutierrez, a Corozal resident in custody for grievous harm and use of deadly means of harm, somehow managed to slip out of his handcuffs, while still chained to another inmate, and jumped from a moving police vehicle being driven by Orange Walk officers. The escape triggered an immediate response, with police urging nearby residents to stay alert. Thankfully, by 7:30 p.m., Gutierrez was recaptured in the same area, and the situation was brought under control without further incident.

 

ACP Hilberto Romero, Head of Crime Investigation Branch

“On Friday, Victor Gutierrez, who was being escorted to the Colby foundation escaped from police near the Crooked Tree junction, he was charged for previous harm and use of deadly means of harm and later that evening he was captured in Carmelita, and he has been charged now for escape.”