A boat repairman was exposed as a convicted robber who escaped from a work camp 48 years ago.
Officials said that Robert Stackowitz’s application for Social Security had led to his capture.
The 71-year-old was arrested on Monday by Connecticut state troopers and U.S. marshals at his home in Sherman, Conn., located near the New York border.
He was serving a 17-year prison sentence for robbery in August 1968 when he escaped from a prison work camp in Georgia. He was charged with robbery by force in 1966 in Henry County, Georgia.
