A prison inmate who escaped from a moving van near Lockport while in transit from a court appearance was captured six hours later south of Joliet after police dogs caught his scent in a yard storing portable toilets and a helicopter crew using infrared technology located him in one of the toilets, authorities said.
Cesar Sanchez, 37, who state records show is serving a 7-year sentence for burglary, escaped about 2:15 p.m. near 159th Street and Farrell Road, a commercial strip not far from Lockport Township High School’s East Campus.
"caught his scent"? We'll bet that afterwards, those poor police dogs are going to be bleaching their nasal cavities for a month.
In the meantime, "Port-o-let" Sanchez will be getting a few extra years tagged onto this previous sentence.