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Offender Database Jacob Scanlan

Jacob Joseph Scanlan

Alias

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Offences

Aggravated robbery of the Denny's Restaurant Christchurch in November 1998
Escaping custody, two counts of threatening to kill, burglary, common assault, assault on a prison guard with intent to escape, assault on another inmate, two counts of resisting arrest and presenting a firearm in December 2002
Also ten previous convictions for violence

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

Warren Joseph

Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1979

Current Location

Unknown

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 5 years in January 1999
Given 2 year 6 monthcumulative term in 2003 for the escape, threats to kill and prison assault charges
Due for release April 2006

Background
NZ Herald story here.
Also from The Press in Christchurch; "Scanlan was jailed for six months in 1996 on an assault charge. In 1999, he was one of two men who stole a vehicle and robbed Christchurch's Denny's Restaurant of $16,478. During the robbery, Scanlan wielded a baseball bat"

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