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Suspected burglar/rapist got away in detectives' car
BY NOAH BIERMAN
nbierman@Miami.Herald.com
Detectives handcuffed and charged a man with rape and burglary Thursday morning. But he got away from the detectives -- in their car, with their gun.
''Somehow, he managed to get himself in the front seat and drove off,'' said Miami-Dade Police Det. Nelda Fonticiella.
Carlos Garay, 34, is now a wanted man. Police recovered their unmarked 2003 Green Dodge Intrepid, with the gun still in it at about noon near the intersection of 97th avenue and Coral Way. They set up a perimeter and were still looking for Garay as of 12:20.
They have yet to figure out how two detectives let him slip.
''We need to talk to investigators and find out exactly how this whole thing went down,'' Fonticiella said.
Garay was wearing handcuffs. But he was apparently able to climb a car seat and drive while wearing them, not an easy feat, according to Fonticiella.
''He's a big guy,'' she said, pointing out that he carries 220 pounds on his 5'8'' frame.
Fonticiella said it's standard for police to leave keys in their car while holding prisoners in the back because leaving them in the heat of the day without cool air tends to aggravate the situation. She's not sure where the detectives were as Garay made his break.
Garay is accused of two rapes between September and December 2005. Police matched his DNA and, after surveilance, arrested him at about 8:30 a.m. Thursday at S.W. 140th Avenue and S.W. 48th Street, in West Miami-Dade County.
''We are assuming that he's still in handcuffs,'' Fonticiella said. ``unless he somehow managed to get out of them.''
BY NOAH BIERMAN
nbierman@Miami.Herald.com
Detectives handcuffed and charged a man with rape and burglary Thursday morning. But he got away from the detectives -- in their car, with their gun.
''Somehow, he managed to get himself in the front seat and drove off,'' said Miami-Dade Police Det. Nelda Fonticiella.
Carlos Garay, 34, is now a wanted man. Police recovered their unmarked 2003 Green Dodge Intrepid, with the gun still in it at about noon near the intersection of 97th avenue and Coral Way. They set up a perimeter and were still looking for Garay as of 12:20.
They have yet to figure out how two detectives let him slip.
''We need to talk to investigators and find out exactly how this whole thing went down,'' Fonticiella said.
Garay was wearing handcuffs. But he was apparently able to climb a car seat and drive while wearing them, not an easy feat, according to Fonticiella.
''He's a big guy,'' she said, pointing out that he carries 220 pounds on his 5'8'' frame.
Fonticiella said it's standard for police to leave keys in their car while holding prisoners in the back because leaving them in the heat of the day without cool air tends to aggravate the situation. She's not sure where the detectives were as Garay made his break.
Garay is accused of two rapes between September and December 2005. Police matched his DNA and, after surveilance, arrested him at about 8:30 a.m. Thursday at S.W. 140th Avenue and S.W. 48th Street, in West Miami-Dade County.
''We are assuming that he's still in handcuffs,'' Fonticiella said. ``unless he somehow managed to get out of them.''
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