A man who escaped a Puerto Rican prison nearly 40 years ago was taken into custody in Florida, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jorge Milla-Valdes escaped from a Puerto Rican prison in 1987. The Puerto Rico Department of Justice believed he was living under the name Luis Aguirre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His criminal history included robbery and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon in Florida’s Monroe County, according to the sheriff’s office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The LCSO Fugitive Warrants Unit searched for Milla-Valdes and obtained the original 1986 fingerprints from Puerto Rico, and a set from his criminal history in Monroe County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Latent Fingerprints Supervisor Tina Carver expedited the fingerprint comparison. 15-minutes later -and using finger prints that were taken over 40 years ago- Supervisor Carver was able to match the prints, and confirm that Aguirre and Milla-Valdes was the same individual who had escaped,” the sheriff’s office said.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The fugitives unit was informed of the match and Milla-Valdes was taken into custody two hours later in Ft. Myers Shores, according to the sheriff’s office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “They don’t want me. They told me about two times,” Milla-Valdes told officers as he was taken into custody, police bodycam footage shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Now they do. They changed their mind,” an arresting officer responded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The sheriff applauded his unit’s fast response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “My team\u2019s skill is unmatched at every level; even if your crimes don\u2019t start here in Lee County, I promise, they WILL end here,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n