Raven
Sunday, January 13th, 2008, 08:11 PM
GREECE — When Joshua Sim, David McCombs and a couple of their buddies decided to play basketball at their friend Kevin Carris' house, they had no idea they'd find themselves face to face with a felon.
"It was so random and spontaneous. It all happened so fast," said Sim, 18.
While the friends were shooting hoops Thursday afternoon, Anthony Elie, 30, of Gates came hopping over a short fence at a home near Carris' residence.
Turns out Elie was running from U.S. marshals and Greece Police officers.
Elie, who was convicted in 2004 of weapons possession, was supposed to have been at a halfway house in Rochester serving the last six months of a 46-month sentence.
He left the halfway house in October, and federal officers had been looking for him since then, said Charles Salina, a supervisor with the U.S. Marshals Office of Western New York.
The marshals got a tip Elie was staying at a residence at 108 Worcester Road, about two blocks from the Carris residence.
"We set up surveillance at that location on the afternoon of (Jan. 10)," Salina said.
Just as two marshals were walking toward the Worcester Road home to arrest Elie, he was coming out of a side door.
"He took off like a deer," Salina said.
Elie then tried to seek shelter in the garage of Carris' home. Sim said Elie offered him and his friends $500 to drive him away from the area.
Elie is in Monroe County Jail and will be arraigned in federal court on escape charges. A shotgun and a 9 mm pistol were found at the Worcester Road residence. Salina said police are investigating whether the guns belong to Elie.
Police questioned the teens, who were very cooperative, Salina said.
"It was pretty bizarre," said McCombs, 18. "We were just kinda playing basketball, waiting for something to do."
Source (http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080113/NEWS01/801130328/1002/NEWS)
"It was so random and spontaneous. It all happened so fast," said Sim, 18.
While the friends were shooting hoops Thursday afternoon, Anthony Elie, 30, of Gates came hopping over a short fence at a home near Carris' residence.
Turns out Elie was running from U.S. marshals and Greece Police officers.
Elie, who was convicted in 2004 of weapons possession, was supposed to have been at a halfway house in Rochester serving the last six months of a 46-month sentence.
He left the halfway house in October, and federal officers had been looking for him since then, said Charles Salina, a supervisor with the U.S. Marshals Office of Western New York.
The marshals got a tip Elie was staying at a residence at 108 Worcester Road, about two blocks from the Carris residence.
"We set up surveillance at that location on the afternoon of (Jan. 10)," Salina said.
Just as two marshals were walking toward the Worcester Road home to arrest Elie, he was coming out of a side door.
"He took off like a deer," Salina said.
Elie then tried to seek shelter in the garage of Carris' home. Sim said Elie offered him and his friends $500 to drive him away from the area.
Elie is in Monroe County Jail and will be arraigned in federal court on escape charges. A shotgun and a 9 mm pistol were found at the Worcester Road residence. Salina said police are investigating whether the guns belong to Elie.
Police questioned the teens, who were very cooperative, Salina said.
"It was pretty bizarre," said McCombs, 18. "We were just kinda playing basketball, waiting for something to do."
Source (http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080113/NEWS01/801130328/1002/NEWS)