Sex offender knew of law loophole; state officials acknowledge

Saturday, January 17, 2004

ST. LOUIS -- Long before he broke out, sex offender Thomas Ingrassia knew of a loophole that failed to make it illegal to escape from the state's Sexually Violent Predator Unit, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Friday.

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