Bail Jumper Jumps Out of 3-Story Window to Escape Police

A robbery suspect who eluded police by jumping bail managed to escape again by jumping — this time from a third-floor hospital window and running three blocks on a broken ankle before being recaptured.

Damien Bell, suspected by police to be the Craigslist robber, had been arrested about 6:30 p.m. Sunday and was taken to Highland Hospital in Oakland for injuries suffered during the arrest and for shrapnel in his arm stemming from a May 5 struggle over a gun during a robbery, police said.

After being taken to an X-ray room, he bolted and ran, police said. Bell then jumped from a third-floor window and broke his ankle, but kept running for three blocks until police captured him, officials said.

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Peterson Held on $20 Million Bail

Peterson, an ex-cop, became a target of police scrutiny after the disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson. He was arrested yesterday after a lengthy police investigation. He is being held in the Will County, Ill., jail on $20 million bond.

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British Banker Released on Record High Bail of 100 Million Euros

Julius Meinl V, the head of Austria’s largest private bank, was detained over an alleged fraud and released, without charge, only after a world record bail of €100 million (£90 million) was paid.

He spent two nights in a cell after police raided his home and offices in Vienna following the collapse in value of Meinl European Land, an investment fund managed by his Meinl Bank.

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