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04-08-2007, 08:00 PM
Bucky Phillips speaks from prison
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Convicted murderer Ralph "Bucky" Phillips is featured in a New York Times jailhouse interview. He talks about escaping Erie County Correctional Facility because he believed that his parole was going to be revoked for a drug conviction.
Phillips said," If I'm going to prison anyway, I might as well enjoy myself."
Phillips said while on the run, he would break into cabins and campers. He said he spent many nights sleeping in the woods eating rabbits and fish.
"I did a lot of walking. I had blisters under my blisters," said Phillips.
For months, he escaped capture. Phillips said he would let himself be seen and flee in stolen cars to places as far away as Kentucky. He said the "cat and mouse" game was a personal vendetta against State Police Major Michael Manning.
"What people don't understand it was about embarrassing one man," Phillips said.
Phillips said he had multiple encounters with troopers. In one instance, he said he came out of woods, and two troopers surprised him.
"I came out, and it was like bam! They were there," he said.
He said he ran deep into the woods with troopers right behind.
After losing them, he said he watched as a helicopter flew in to find the lost troopers.
In the article, Phillips said his experience with troopers was even closer at times. He claims that he aquired a State Trooper's uniform and even approached a trooper dressed up in it and struck up a conversation.
He said, "You seen anything?" and "So, what's the story with this character?"
Law enforcement officials said the story doesn't make sense since Phillips would have had to have long hair and been unshaven.
The story would take a deadly turn on August 31st. Phillips told the paper that he thought the two troopers were bounty hunters and that he fired back at them in self defense.
He said, "Someone didn't have to die. It didn't have to go there."
That exchange led to the murder of Trooper Joseph Longobardo and the critical wounding of Trooper Donald Baker. State Police said they didn't fire first and that they were ambushed.
For that attack, Phillips was sentenced to life in prison, and he now sits in Clinton County Correctional Facility where he is appealing his conviction.
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Convicted murderer Ralph "Bucky" Phillips is featured in a New York Times jailhouse interview. He talks about escaping Erie County Correctional Facility because he believed that his parole was going to be revoked for a drug conviction.
Phillips said," If I'm going to prison anyway, I might as well enjoy myself."
Phillips said while on the run, he would break into cabins and campers. He said he spent many nights sleeping in the woods eating rabbits and fish.
"I did a lot of walking. I had blisters under my blisters," said Phillips.
For months, he escaped capture. Phillips said he would let himself be seen and flee in stolen cars to places as far away as Kentucky. He said the "cat and mouse" game was a personal vendetta against State Police Major Michael Manning.
"What people don't understand it was about embarrassing one man," Phillips said.
Phillips said he had multiple encounters with troopers. In one instance, he said he came out of woods, and two troopers surprised him.
"I came out, and it was like bam! They were there," he said.
He said he ran deep into the woods with troopers right behind.
After losing them, he said he watched as a helicopter flew in to find the lost troopers.
In the article, Phillips said his experience with troopers was even closer at times. He claims that he aquired a State Trooper's uniform and even approached a trooper dressed up in it and struck up a conversation.
He said, "You seen anything?" and "So, what's the story with this character?"
Law enforcement officials said the story doesn't make sense since Phillips would have had to have long hair and been unshaven.
The story would take a deadly turn on August 31st. Phillips told the paper that he thought the two troopers were bounty hunters and that he fired back at them in self defense.
He said, "Someone didn't have to die. It didn't have to go there."
That exchange led to the murder of Trooper Joseph Longobardo and the critical wounding of Trooper Donald Baker. State Police said they didn't fire first and that they were ambushed.
For that attack, Phillips was sentenced to life in prison, and he now sits in Clinton County Correctional Facility where he is appealing his conviction.
http://www.capitalnews9.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=209110