The Tribune

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - Escaped prisoner Paul Rigby Jr and a young woman were arraigned in the Eight Mile Rock Magistrate's Court following his recapture early Wednesday morning. Rigby, 26, of Martin Town, Eight Mile Rock, and Ruby-Ann Appalonia Clarke, 18, of Nansen Avenue, Freeport, appeared before Magistrate Gwen Claude on charges in connection with his escape from police custody last weekend. Rigby escaped from the Eight Mile Rock Police Station on March 3. He was apprehended by police early Wednesday morning at a residence in the Nansen Avenue area. Clarke was arrested and taken into police custody. At the arraignment, Clarke pleaded guilty to harbouring an escaped prisoner and was ordered to perform 100 hours of community service. Rigby pleaded guilty to escape, and damage to the Police Station. He pleaded not guilty to assaulting a police officer. Magistrate Claude deferred sentencing on the guilty pleas until June 20 when Rigby returns for trial on the assault charge.