40s Man Caught After Damaging Electronic Ankle Bracelet and Escaping Following Prison Release
[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] A man in his 40s who was wearing an electronic monitoring device (electronic anklet) for sex offenses damaged the device and fled but was caught by the police.
According to the Gumi Probation Center of the Ministry of Justice on the 29th, A (46), a sex offender, damaged the electronic anklet near his home in Sinpyeong-dong, Gumi-si, Gyeongbuk Province, at around 1:42 a.m. on the 25th and fled. He was arrested on the spot. When the damage alarm went off, the Gumi Probation Center and the police responded and caught A about 6 km away from his house.
A was sentenced to 7 years in prison for rape and injury charges committed in 2002 and 2015, served his sentence, and was released last month. He was ordered to wear the electronic anklet for 3 years.
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The Gumi Probation Center plans to investigate the circumstances with A and then send him to the prosecution on charges of violating the Act on the Attachment of Electronic Devices.
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