SHERMAN — An attorney representing a man who has been living in Connecticut as a fugitive for 48 years after fleeing a Georgia prison work camp says his client will be allowed to remain in the state.
Norm Pattis tells the Hartford Courant that Connecticut officials have accepted terms to allow 71-year-old Robert Stackowitz to stay in Sherman under the supervision of a state parole officer until 2022.
The Georgia Department of Corrections said this week that it would turn over Stackowitz’s supervision to Connecticut if state officials agreed.
Stackowitz was arrested May 9 as a fugitive from justice after applying for Social Security benefits. He was serving a 17-year robbery sentence in Carrolton, Georgia, when he escaped in 1968.
Stackowitz had fought extradition to Georgia citing his deteriorating medical condition.