Nick George Montos

Nick George Montos
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
Charges	Bank Robbery - Escape from prison
Description
Born	November 8, 1916 Tampa, Florida
Died	November 30, 2008(2008-11-30) (aged 92) Massachusetts
Criminal Status
Added	September 8, 1952 March 2, 1956
Caught	August 23, 1954 March 28, 1956
Number	37 & 94
Captured

Nicholas George Montos (November 8, 1916 – November 30, 2008)^[1] was an American criminal and a fugitive. He was the oldest inmate being held in Massachusetts until his death in 2008 at the age of 92.

Montos first became involved in crime at the age of 14. Four years later he was arrested but escaped from a Miami jail and escaped twice in Alabama in 1942 and 1944.^[2] On September 8, 1952 he was placed on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list after a robbery in Georgia. He was arrested in 1954 as he prepared to rob a freight train in Chicago.

Two years later Montos escaped from the Mississippi State Penitentiary using a hacksaw. He was again placed on the FBI fugitives list and caught 26 days later. After serving his sentence Montos attempted to rob a Brookline antiques store in 1995. He tied up owner Sonia Paine, referring to her with an anti-Semitic epithet. She managed to escape and attack Montos with a baseball bat. This was Montos's last act of crime before he was arrested.

Montos, who suffered from heart problems had a triple bypass in 2000. Later in to his sentence he became weaker and started to pick up more health problems. He applied for parole after the surgery but it was rejected. A few weeks before his death Montos suffered a heart attack and once again applied for parole. Montos died on November 30, 2008 while his parole plea was still be evaluated.^[3]

There were several requests to free Montos. Several prisoners started a petition along with Massachusetts residents so he could live his last days with his elderly sister in Florida. Prisoners rights group, End the Odds also campaigned for his release.

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ Nicholas Montos, oldest prisoner in Mass. Rocky Mountain News
3. ^ After a life of crime, state's oldest inmate succumbs at 92 The Boston Globe

Persondata
Name	Montos, Nick
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1916
Place of birth
Date of death	November 30, 2008
Place of death