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Irish Daily Star
01-07-2025
- Politics
- Irish Daily Star
Donald Trump unveils chilling plot for new Alcatraz in shark-infested waters
President Donald Trump has now threatened to release sharks into the San Francisco Bay to guard a renovated Alcatraz. Trump unveiled his crazy new plan in several lengthy posts on Truth Social. They are his first comments since his Big Beautiful Bill passed in the Senate. "Because of the Violence and Criminality I have seen due to the Open Border Policy of Sleepy Joe Biden , in particular allowing millions of people into our Country who shouldn't be here, I wanted something representative to show how we fight back ," Trump wrote. "And then, it happened, I saw a picture of ALCATRAZ looking so foreboding." Read More Related Articles Four urgent signs Donald Trump has a specific type of dementia expert warns Read More Related Articles Four chilling theories why Air India plane crashed in tragedy that sparked probe into disaster Trump unveiled his crazy new plan in several lengthy posts on Truth Social. (Image: AFP via Getty Images) "I said, 'We're going to look into renovating and rebuilding the famous ALCATRAZ Prison sitting high on the Bay, surrounded by sharks. What a symbol it is, and will be!'," Trump continued. "Conceptual work started six months ago, and various prison development firms are looking at doing it with us. Still a little early, but lots of promise!" Trump's post about the hypothetical new version of the infamous prison comes months after he initially floated the idea of reopening the prison. They are his first comments since his Big Beautiful Bill passed in the Senate. (Image: AFP via Getty Images) In May, the president first posted the idea that he wanted to reopen the prison that held the likes of Al Capone, Whitey Bulger, Machine Gun Kelly and several others. "For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society, who will never contribute anything other than Misery and Suffering," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "When we were a more serious Nation, in times past, we did not hesitate to lock up the most dangerous criminals, and keep them far away from anyone they could harm. That's the way it's supposed to be." Trump's comments come after he opened 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Florida (Image: AFP via Getty Images) 'That is why, today,' he said, 'I am directing the Bureau of Prisons, together with the Department of Justice, FBI, and Homeland Security, to reopen a substantially enlarged and rebuilt ALCATRAZ, to house America's most ruthless and violent Offenders.' It was also suspected that Trump had gotten the idea after watching the Clint Eastwood flick Escape from Alcatraz, which aired around the same time as the posts. According to WLRN-TV's schedule, the movie aired at 9 p.m. EDT and 11 a.m. Both times, Trump was at Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, according to the president's official schedule. In May, the president first posted the idea that he wanted to reopen the prison that held the likes of Al Capone, Whitey Bulger, Machine Gun Kelly and several others. (Image: AFP via Getty Images) According to POTUS Tracker , the president arrived at Mar-A-Lago at approximately 12:54 p.m. EDT and did not leave for the rest of the day. He then traveled to Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach and arrived back at Mar-A-Lago at approximately 12:16 p.m. It's impossible to know whether or not Trump was actually watching the film at the time, but that did not stop the internet from running wild. "Guess what was on TV in South Florida on Saturday night? The 1979 Clint Eastwood film 'Escape from Alcatraz.' The film aired on WLRN TV, a public station that serves all of South Florida, including West Palm Beach," one user said. "Thank you. This clown saw the movie and came to work with this idea and the cowardly dumbass mindless followers and the ones on here are defending this. It is no deterrent," another user wrote. Alcatraz Island is now a major tourist site that is operate by the National Park Service and is a designated National Historic Landmark.
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Yahoo
Getting away with murder: These fugitives fled prisons – and were never caught
The New Orleans jail breakout and the time it has taken to capture all 10 conjures images of previous newsworthy escapes involving the likes of gangster John Dillinger, serial killer Ted Bundy and Mexican cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. While those notorious criminals were eventually apprehended or killed by law enforcement, which typically nabs more than 90% of escapees, a relative few eluded searches and remained at large, presumably until their dying days. Here's a look at some of those instances: The ingenious plot by Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin in 1962 probably stands as the nation's most famous prison break, memorialized in the 1979 film "Escape from Alcatraz" and countless tourist visits to the former maximum-security penitentiary in a San Francisco Bay island. President Donald Trump even wants to restore it. Morris, a convicted bank robber who had attempted to flee from other prisons, was regarded as the mastermind of a plan that featured dummy heads with real hair left on the cell beds to fool guards and a raft made out of raincoats to carry the escapees to freedom. Nobody knows whether they made it alive or perished in the cold, treacherous bay waters. Their bodies were never found, so their legend lives on. Like true crime? Check out Witness: A library of true crime stories Glen Stewart Godwin was serving a sentence of more than 25 years for a stabbing murder when he escaped in June 1987 from the Folsom State Prison outside Sacramento, California, a maximum-security facility that had yielded only two previous breakouts in a quarter century. Godwin found his way to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where later that year he was arrested for drug dealing. The FBI says he was convicted and sent to a prison in Guadalajara, where in 1991 he was accused of killing another inmate. Later that year he escaped and hasn't been tracked down. "Godwin is fluent in Spanish and may be traveling throughout Central and South America, and Mexico," says the FBI, adding that Godwin goes by several aliases. "He is thought to use illegal drugs and be involved in narcotics distribution." If alive, Godwin would be 66 now. The FBI is still offering $20,000 for information leading to his arrest. William Leslie (Les) Arnold was just 16 in 1958 when he killed his parents for not letting him use their car and buried them in the backyard of the family's home in Omaha, Nebraska. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison, arousing few suspicions of an attempt to escape until he and a fellow inmate – James Edward Harding – made their getaway in 1967 with the help of a former convict on the outside who provided them supplies. After cutting through window bars, they scaled a 12-foot fence topped by barbed wire. The fugitives reached Chicago and split up there, but while Harding was caught the next year in Los Angeles, Arnold was not to be found alive. The U.S. Marshals Service, which solved the cold case in 2023 with DNA evidence, said Arnold worked in Chicago for a while before moving to California and later to Australia. "Arnold obtained an alias and was married within three months of escaping," the service said. "But investigators learned he eventually made his way to Australia, with his second wife, had a family and worked as a businessman until his death in 2010. At that time he had been living under the name John Vincent Damon." Joanne Chesimard, who changed her name to Assata Shakur, is a New Yorker who in 2013 became the first woman to be added to the FBI's list of Most Wanted Terrorists. The bureau's reward for information leading to her arrest sits at $1 million. Chesimard was a member of the militant Black Liberation Army when a group she was traveling with was stopped for a vehicle violation by two New Jersey Police troopers in May 1973, at a time when she was the subject of arrest warrants for felonies that included bank robbery. A shootout ensued, killing a police officer and injuring the second trooper. Chesimard was convicted of first-degree murder and several other charges in 1977, and sentenced to life in prison. Two years later, three men who visited Chesimard at a New Jersey prison pulled out guns, took two guards as hostages and commandeered a prison van to flee with her. The FBI says Chesimard lived underground for years before a 1984 move to Cuba, where she is believed to still reside. Glen Stark Chambers was facing execution for the 1975 fatal beating of his girlfriend in Sarasota, Florida, when later that year he and two other inmates escaped by rappelling down from the third floor of a county jail building after stringing together bed sheets. Chambers was caught after three days. He later had his sentence reduced to life in prison, but that didn't keep him from conceiving ways to flee. In 1990, when he was helping build furniture at the shop of a state prison in Polk City, Florida, Chambers convinced fellow inmates to put him in a box that was loaded onto a truck headed to Daytona. He escaped enroute without the driver noticing. Authorities said he was later seen in Florida and Alabama, but never captured. If alive, he would be 73 now. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Getting away with murder: These prison escapees were never caught
South Wales Argus
31-05-2025
- Sport
- South Wales Argus
Bogen hoping for a repeat podium finish in San Francisco
Rico Bogen is hoping to repeat his exploits from last year as he targets another podium finish at the PTO San Francisco T100 on Saturday. The 24-year-old claimed third in the event last year after a thrilling sprint finish which saw the top three separated by just four seconds. Belgian Marten van Riel took the victory with a time of 3:18.20 from New Zealand's Kyle Smith, who was a second further back. And after finishing 10th in the opening T100 event of the season in Singapore, Bogen is determined to challenge for top honours come the end of the race which takes place around the famous Escape from Alcatraz route. 'It would be cool to be back on the podium again,' he said. 'But you never know how the other athletes are, so I want to have a good race, give it my best and then I can see where I end up. 'If I give everything, and I don't make any mistakes and I come home fourth or fifth, then I would have to be happy with that. 'Then I'd need to improve for the next phase. But, for sure, it would be really cool to be on the podium. 'I think I'm in a better shape than Singapore. 'That was the first race of the season. I changed things with a new coach and a new bike, and it was about seeing how I would adapt to new situations. 'Hopefully I can have a good race here. I'm feeling well prepared. And although the conditions here are a lot colder, that is something I like.' The race last season was memorable for the German, who was the 2023 Ironman 70.3 world champion, as he proposed to his now wife Emily under the Golden Gate Bridge after finishing. The couple then got married at the end of last year in Leipzig and Bogen was delighted his proposal plan went smoothly. 'I planned it five weeks before, I've always thought about asking her if she wanted to marry me,' he added. 'I thought, we're going to San Francisco and there's the Golden Gate Bridge. It is a cool location to ask the question. 'In the end, it was a beautiful day with the sun, it was a perfect decision. And at the end of last year, we married. We are happy together.'
Powys County Times
30-05-2025
- Sport
- Powys County Times
Bogen hoping for a repeat podium finish in San Francisco
Rico Bogen is hoping to repeat his exploits from last year as he targets another podium finish at the PTO San Francisco T100 on Saturday. The 24-year-old claimed third in the event last year after a thrilling sprint finish which saw the top three separated by just four seconds. Belgian Marten van Riel took the victory with a time of 3:18.20 from New Zealand's Kyle Smith, who was a second further back. And after finishing 10th in the opening T100 event of the season in Singapore, Bogen is determined to challenge for top honours come the end of the race which takes place around the famous Escape from Alcatraz route. 'It would be cool to be back on the podium again,' he said. 'But you never know how the other athletes are, so I want to have a good race, give it my best and then I can see where I end up. 'If I give everything, and I don't make any mistakes and I come home fourth or fifth, then I would have to be happy with that. 'Then I'd need to improve for the next phase. But, for sure, it would be really cool to be on the podium. 'I think I'm in a better shape than Singapore. 'That was the first race of the season. I changed things with a new coach and a new bike, and it was about seeing how I would adapt to new situations. 'Hopefully I can have a good race here. I'm feeling well prepared. And although the conditions here are a lot colder, that is something I like.' The race last season was memorable for the German, who was the 2023 Ironman 70.3 world champion, as he proposed to his now wife Emily under the Golden Gate Bridge after finishing. The couple then got married at the end of last year in Leipzig and Bogen was delighted his proposal plan went smoothly. 'I planned it five weeks before, I've always thought about asking her if she wanted to marry me,' he added. 'I thought, we're going to San Francisco and there's the Golden Gate Bridge. It is a cool location to ask the question. 'In the end, it was a beautiful day with the sun, it was a perfect decision. And at the end of last year, we married. We are happy together.'
South Wales Argus
30-05-2025
- Sport
- South Wales Argus
Ashleigh Gentle keen to bounce back in San Francisco T100
The Australian had previously won twice in Singapore but was unable to replicate her achievements amidst the stifling heat of this year's race, finishing sixth, almost 10 minutes behind T100 debutant Kate Waugh. Saturday's San Francisco showpiece will be hosted at the iconic Escape from Alcatraz course and Gentle is relishing the opportunity to make amends. She reflected: "Singapore was an interesting one because I felt like I'd done a lot of really good training before the race and I didn't expect to be so far behind my usual mark. "I rode the worst I'd ridden since I moved to middle distance and was so far off my best in the run. "It wasn't great but reflecting back, I finished my season in mid-December last year. I think I rushed too quickly to be fit for Singapore because it meant so much to me and I overcooked it. "I fit too much in and wasn't quite there. It's not how I usually perform. "I was upset about it after the race but I just had to accept it and move on because I knew it wasn't anywhere near what I'm capable of." The T100 Triathlon World Tour takes in locales as varied as Vancouver, London, the French Riviera, Valencia, Lake Las Vegas and Dubai over the course of a globetrotting campaign. And having finished runner-up last year, Gentle has an eye on going one step further, beginning with this Saturday's Stateside showdown. She added: "The fields have always been exceptionally good and you have new faces this year. "Everyone's coming out and delivering really quickly because they're putting a lot of importance on the racing and are excited about the series. "Everyone has trained for it and is ready for it so it's about just getting to each race and seeing how you stack up and seeing how you can put good races together and not be off the mark. "Kate [Waugh] did really well. She's a super strong athlete, most people knew that and for her to convert to t100 and win her first ever event was a huge moment for her. "You could tell she was happy and super excited and it was nice to see that elation on her face when she crossed the finish line. "There were a lot of us who wished we were closer in the competition but she's really fit right now and deserved that win. "A huge group of us are looking at her and how she set the bar really high this season and it's about us getting to that level." Watch the world's top 20 female and top 20 male triathletes race live in the San Francisco T100 over the legendary Escape From Alcatraz course on Saturday 31 May. The broadcast starts at 0545 local time, 1345 in the UK, with the races starting 15 minutes later. You can tune in live for free globally on PTO+ or watch on partners channels such as TNT Sports 2 in the UK, Max or Discovery+ in Europe, or beIN in North America. For more details visit
