Patriot- News - August 21, 1989 - Section A, Page 1
A man convicted of murdering a drugstore security guard in Harrisburg in 1984 escaped yesterday afternoon (August 20, 1989) from the State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, where he was serving a life sentence.
Eric L. Maxwell, 30, shot and killed Spencer W. ''Skip'' Arnold Jr. on March 15, 1984,
during a robbery at Thrift Drug on South 29th Street. Maxwell was a parolee from
previous robbery convictions, and had committed a robbery earlier that day at
Dundoff's Food Market in Steelton.
Arnold Jr., 35, a manager for Brink's Inc. security service, chased Maxwell out of Thrift Drug after Maxwell had forced a female clerk to empty the cash register drawer into a bag.
He chased the robber 100 yards, grabbing him in front of the nearby Weis Market.
As Arnold was escorting the robber back to the store, Maxwell threw money from the bag in Arnold's face, pulled out a .25-caliber handgun and shot him in the chest.
He died 31 minutes later at Harrisburg Hospital, leaving a wife, Christine, and a daughter, Rebecca. Arnold was a graduate of Central Dauphin East High School.
A man convicted of murdering a drugstore security guard in Harrisburg in 1984 escaped yesterday afternoon (August 20, 1989) from the State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, where he was serving a life sentence.
Eric L. Maxwell, 30, shot and killed Spencer W. ''Skip'' Arnold Jr. on March 15, 1984,
during a robbery at Thrift Drug on South 29th Street. Maxwell was a parolee from
previous robbery convictions, and had committed a robbery earlier that day at
Dundoff's Food Market in Steelton.
Arnold Jr., 35, a manager for Brink's Inc. security service, chased Maxwell out of Thrift Drug after Maxwell had forced a female clerk to empty the cash register drawer into a bag.
He chased the robber 100 yards, grabbing him in front of the nearby Weis Market.
As Arnold was escorting the robber back to the store, Maxwell threw money from the bag in Arnold's face, pulled out a .25-caliber handgun and shot him in the chest.
He died 31 minutes later at Harrisburg Hospital, leaving a wife, Christine, and a daughter, Rebecca. Arnold was a graduate of Central Dauphin East High School.
Patriot- News - August 21, 1989 - Section A, Page 1
A man convicted of murdering a drugstore security guard in Harrisburg in 1984 escaped yesterday afternoon (August 20, 1989) from the State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, where he was serving a life sentence.
Eric L. Maxwell, 30, shot and killed Spencer W. ''Skip'' Arnold Jr. on March 15, 1984,
during a robbery at Thrift Drug on South 29th Street. Maxwell was a parolee from
previous robbery convictions, and had committed a robbery earlier that day at
Dundoff's Food Market in Steelton.
Arnold Jr., 35, a manager for Brink's Inc. security service, chased Maxwell out of Thrift Drug after Maxwell had forced a female clerk to empty the cash register drawer into a bag.
He chased the robber 100 yards, grabbing him in front of the nearby Weis Market.
As Arnold was escorting the robber back to the store, Maxwell threw money from the bag in Arnold's face, pulled out a .25-caliber handgun and shot him in the chest.
He died 31 minutes later at Harrisburg Hospital, leaving a wife, Christine, and a daughter, Rebecca. Arnold was a graduate of Central Dauphin East High School.
A man convicted of murdering a drugstore security guard in Harrisburg in 1984 escaped yesterday afternoon (August 20, 1989) from the State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, where he was serving a life sentence.
Eric L. Maxwell, 30, shot and killed Spencer W. ''Skip'' Arnold Jr. on March 15, 1984,
during a robbery at Thrift Drug on South 29th Street. Maxwell was a parolee from
previous robbery convictions, and had committed a robbery earlier that day at
Dundoff's Food Market in Steelton.
Arnold Jr., 35, a manager for Brink's Inc. security service, chased Maxwell out of Thrift Drug after Maxwell had forced a female clerk to empty the cash register drawer into a bag.
He chased the robber 100 yards, grabbing him in front of the nearby Weis Market.
As Arnold was escorting the robber back to the store, Maxwell threw money from the bag in Arnold's face, pulled out a .25-caliber handgun and shot him in the chest.
He died 31 minutes later at Harrisburg Hospital, leaving a wife, Christine, and a daughter, Rebecca. Arnold was a graduate of Central Dauphin East High School.
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