Un-Wanted In All 50 States
$5,000.00 BOUNTY!!
http://www.amw.com/fugitives/brief.cfm?id=39219
Phillips was being held in Erie County jail for a parole violation, but escaped April 2, 2006 and was on the run until September 6, 2006. He escaped by cutting through the corrugated metal roof of the facility's kitchen using a can opener. He is believed to have stolen numerous vehicles and broken into several cabins across Western New York and Northern Pennsylvania. Police believe that at some point, he used a stolen vehicle to travel as far away as eastern Tennessee. It is rumored that he went to Tennessee in mid August and stole license plates to help him evade police. This is highly unlikely, however, since Phillips was spotted in Niagara County, New York during this time. Forty one guns were stolen from a gun store in a burglary believed to be connected to Phillips. Thirty three of these weapons have since been recovered from the trailer of a man who has since been arrested for aiding and abetting Phillips's flight.
During the earlier phases of the hunt, Phillips took something of a folk hero status, with local businesses selling t-shirts saying "Where's Bucky?", "Run, Bucky, Run!", "Don't Shoot, Not Bucky," or "Got Bucky?" (a parody of Got Milk?), and a restaurant selling a "Bucky Burger". With Phillips's local roots, it was suspected that numerous friends and relatives might have been giving him shelter.
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