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An ex-inmate, trick or treating with his daughter, caused the NY State Westchester County jail to go into lockdown.

Why? Well, the former inmate, Oscar Aponte, chose to wear his DOC issued jumpsuit as his Halloween costume. This prompted an off-duty corrections officer - also trick or treating - to confront him and then call the jail to see if anyone escaped.

Hence the lockdown.

"Bad choice of costume," said Susan Tolchin, chief adviser to County Executive Andrew Spano.

"[The officer] confronted him, and he ran and drove off," Tolchin said. The
officer took down the man’s license plate and called Peekskill police
and the Corrections Department.

So what happens next?

Meanwhile, Peekskill police and the county’s Special Investigation
Unit found Aponte, confiscated the genuine jumpsuit and let him go.

Aponte was arrested and charged Wednesday with petty larceny and
possession of stolen property, Tolchin said. She said prisoners are not
permitted to take their jumpsuits home when they are released.

"They get their possessions in a clear plastic bag, so it’s hard to see how he got a jumpsuit out, if he did," she said.

Isn’t that the real question here? How did he get his real jumpsuit out of the prison? To top it off, they’re going to prosecute him for this? It seems that NY doesn’t have any serious crimes to prosecute anymore.