‘Florida’s Houdini’ arrested for attempted murder

DeFriest

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor RAIFORD— A Union Correctional Institution inmate who has escaped from Florida jails and prisons seven times was arrested for the attempted murder of a correctional officer last week. Mark DeFriest has attempted 13 escapes from Florida correctional facilities since he was first arrested in 1979 at the age of 19. …

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