But in his last El Paso robbery, Rivas also resisted authorities beyond all reasonable hope of success. After a three-hour siege, a police SWAT team, including dozens of officers, burst into the store Rivas and his gang had robbed. Rivas and his cohorts were crouched in a rooftop air conditioner, still hoping to escape. Rivas later was sentenced to 99 years for aggravated kidnapping and robbery. Texas authorities won't discuss what security measures they are taking for the fugitives' victims and prosecutors.
Some relatives are clearly frightened.
Halprin was serving 30 years for injury to a child. Relatives of another of the fugitives, Patrick Henry Murphy Jr., went on television in Dallas on Thursday night, pleading for him to surrender. Murphy was serving 50 years for aggravated sexual assault with a deadly weapon and burglary in Dallas. You know you weren't raised to do this. Just stop the pain that the family is going through.