Associated Press
BOSTON — Massachusetts authorities say a massive search is underway in the Cambridge area after a man who escaped from a federal prison in Rhode Island allegedly attempted to rob a bank.
James Morales escaped Saturday from the Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, Rhode Island.
A Massachusetts state police spokesman says a man police believe was Morales attempted to rob a Bank of America in Cambridge on Thursday. He said authorities have not made a definitive identification, but the suspect resembles Morales.
Morales is a former Army reservist who was being held at Wyatt on charges that he stole 16 guns from a U.S. Army Reserve Center in Worcester. He also was facing child rape charges in Massachusetts.
An FBI spokeswoman said the agency is working with Cambridge police.