
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, July 17, 1995                   TAG: 9507170142
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: PITTSBURGH                                LENGTH: Short

POLICE CAPTURE VA. ESCAPEE IN PITTSBURGH

A fugitive described as a ``violent career criminal'' who escaped from a Lorton, Va., prison on March 6 was arrested Sunday in Pittsburgh.

Ronald A. Jennings Sr., 41, was one of the U.S. Marshals Service's ``15 Most Wanted'' fugitives.

Jennings had been serving a 50-years-to-life sentence at the District of Columbia Department of Corrections Occoquan facility in Northern Virginia on convictions of armed robbery, assault with intent to kill and escape.

He has a criminal record stretching back to 1969 that includes convictions of homicide, armed robbery and armed assault and a charge of kidnapping, according to Bill Licatovich, a spokesman for the service.

Jennings' escape was his third successful one since 1977, the Marshals Service said.

He was apprehended after his earlier escapes while committing violent, firearms-related felonies, the service said.

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