David Corbin

Before reading this I want it understood that escape is not the answer. David mentions
that he does not want the youth to think of him as a hero for his escapes. He may never
get out of prison because of them.

Yes some have successfully escaped and evaded the law for days, weeks, months or
years. They are always looking over their shoulders. In the end they get caught and their
new lives are ruined. Is it worth it? They are going back to prison when they may have
been released before that. David is a lot worse off because he tried to escape.

Dear Lee

I am sending you some paperwork to read about me. It begins with my most recent
escape of March this year and to the one in 1995 my 1 attempt from jail.

I was sent to prison in 1991 at the age of 16 for fighting with a school teacher who
smacked me at the Indian Boys School, a juvenile facility. I was waived over as an adult
and sentenced to 3 years and sent to a crazy chaotic prison and all the bad things that
happen to kids in prison happened to me.

I got out in October 1992 and moved back in with my Mom and asshole Step-Dad. Did
not last long as they treated me like a kid and my whole attitude changed in prison to
think as an adult. A little over a month after release from prison I met up with a guy I
was in prison with and he talked me into doing a hold up with him. I needed money and
was trying to prove I was a man. That was the beginning. Eventually I got caught in
1993. I was in the middle of a crime spree of business burglaries and a car theft/ chop
shop ring. In July 1993 my girlfriend told me she was pregnant. April 7th, 1994 I was
sentenced for 35 years in Marion County for the robbery and business burglaries. My
daughter was born on April 22nd 1994 as I was going to prison. I was full of animosity
and rage and did not understand where all went wrong. I had no hope of being free
unless I escaped. So in April 1995 my first escape took place and I was on the run for
about 2 months and out there I was a man. I was working and not doing crime, I was
given what I was never given the chance to do. I was 19 then, ever since then I have been
on segregation “supermax” and have tried extreme escapes only to fail due to bad luck.

I have picked up 45 years for the escape and the attempts! So I have 80 years all together
and after my most recent one I will have over 100 years in prison and I have not
murdered, raped or anything that you would think.

I can’t stop trying to escape now and it is basically I will get away or they will kill me
trying. I don’t say this in my story to the youngsters because they tend to glamorize that
attitude. I just want to get my story out before I die. I am not a bad person, ask anyone
who knows me, they will tell you that and mean it. I could have killed that officer in
March but did not. The newspapers were incorrect, they made it sound like I was not
handcuffed and just attacked the police and fired. As you see in the affidavit it will show
I was cuffed in back when I took his gun. It was a very spontaneous thing, my plan was
to take the siren off the window, kick the window out, jump out and run away from the
van. The deputies could not leave the van unsecured with 5 prisoners in it. My plan
worked until a civilian stuck his nose in and chased me yelling for police. I was free until
then!

I got to trial in September this year and am facing 188 charges, convicted on all charges.
I wanted to give you a brief glimpse of what I want to put on your site on my story to this
point in my life. I want to write a book someday.

This is not my whole story, just what I have in articles and paperwork.

As soon as I hear back from you on space etc. I will get back to you if you are still
interested in my story.

If you know any crazy helicopter pilots looking to help a trapped man please sent them
my way . .

Anyway I hope that I will hear back from you. You keep this paperwork I’m sending. I
copied it for you to keep! Please give me some advice on how I should write my story
out etc. This is the first time I have told this.

I will let you go for now and hope to hear back from you. Until then take care.

Sincerely

David

David Corbin 901698

New Castle Psychiatric Unit

1000 Van Nuys Road
P.O. Box E
New Castle, IN 47362

The following affidavits were scaned to text files and converted to this web page. The
are from copies of the signed and filed affidavits. The underlines were added by David
Corbin.
 AFFIDAVIT
FOR PROBABLE CAUSE

STATE OF INDIANA, COUNTY OF MARION, SS

DETECTIVE LINDA KAPPES OF THE MARION COUNTY SHERIFF'S

DEPARTMENT, SWEARS AND/OR AFFIRMS THAT HE BELIEVES, AND HAS
GOOD CAUSE TO BELIEVE FROM HER INVESTIGATION, THE FOLLOWING
FACTS AND ATTENDNG CIRCUMSTANCES ARE TRUE:

Marion County Sheriff's Department Deputies Rudolf Reyes and James Welch were
assigned to the Prisoner Transportation Division and on March 18, 2003 were assigned to
transport prisoners from Wabash Correctional Facility and Putnamville Correctional
Facility to the Marion County Jail to appear in various Marion County Courts. On March
18, 2003 at approximately 1600 hours, they were transporting six prisoners from two
separate correctional facilities. The inmates being transported included Kevin Sadler,
B/M DOB 4/30/81 gallery # 516474 and David Corbin, W/M DOB 6/16/75 gallery #
459814. A court order specifically directed the Marion Cotmty Sheriff's Department to
transport inmate Kevin Sadler to the Marion County Jail to testify as a witness in a
pending case. A court order directed the Marion County Sheriff's Department to
transport inmate David Corbin to the Marion Cotmty Jail to testify in another case.
Deputy Reyes was driving the jail wagon while Deputy Welch was in the passenger seat.

Deputies Reyes and Welch stated that while traveling northbound on Meridian Street just
south of Maryland Street, both deputies saw the dome light flicker in the wagon causing
some alarm as to why it would be on. Deputy Welch then looked back into the rear where
the prisoners were sitting and observed inmate David Corbin leaning on the back of his
seat attempting to kick the back passenger window out of the van. Deputy Welch
observed what was happening, causing Deputy Reyes to suddenly make an attempt to
speed up the wagon to get to the Jail to secure the inmates. Deputy Welch then observed
David Corbin break the glass Out of the window and jump out the window and run
southwest from the wagon. Deputy Reyes then immediately slammed on the brakes and
stopped the wagon in an attempt to try to catch David Corbin. Deputy Welch stated he
immediately jumped from the wagon and observed the direction of travel of David
Corbin and advised Jail Main Control of the incident that occurred and the direction of
travel. Deputy Welch stated that he yelled at David Corbin to stop but he continued to
run. By the time Deputy Reyes reached the rear of the wagon, David Corbin was
completely out of sight around a building. Deputy Reyes then observed inmate Kevin
Sadler runing from the wagon in an attempt to flee custody. Deputy Reyes immediately
tackled Kevin Sadler in order to get him back into custody. Kevin Sadler was fighting
Deputy Reyes to keep from being handcuffed. Deputy Reyes advised Kevin Sadler to
stop resisting several times. Deputy Reyes was able to get one handcuff on Kevin Sadler
but ,was having a hard time getting the other arm behind him so he yelled at Deputy
Welch to hand him another set of handcuffs. Deputy Welch was next to the wagon
advising Kevin Sadler to also stop resisting and sprayed him with pepper spray. Deputy
Welch then handed his handcuffs to Deputy Reyes and Kevin Sadler was then in custody.
The other inmates in the wagon stayed in the wagon and did not attempt to flee. Deputies
Welch and Reyes stated they heard several shots suddenly being fired from the direction
in which David Corbin had run.

Detective Randall Busic, who is a detective with Indianapolis Police Department, stated
he was working part time in full uniform in the downtown area walking northbound on
Meridian Street just south of Maryland Street. Detective Busic stated he observed a white
male wearing an orange jumpsuit, which appeared to be a jail suit, running with two
white males chasing him. One of the white males chasing the subject yelled that the
subject in the orange jumpsuit had just escaped from the Sheriff's Jail wagon. Detective
Busic immediately ran across the street toward the man in the jumpsuit , when he
observed that subject now running towards him. Detective Busic stated he pulled his duty
weapon, a .40 caliber semi-automatic handgun, from the holster. and told the white male
in the jumpsuit "'to stop". The white male, later identified as David Corbin, did stop when
as ordered. Detective Busic ordered the subject to put his hands on the rear of a vehicle
that was parked in the parking lot. Detective Busic stated he did advise control on his
radio that he needed assistance and his location. At this time, Detective Busic ordered
David Corbin to put his hands behind his back, which Corbin did. Detective Busic
proceeded to handcuff David Corbin. Detective Busic stated he had grabbed the the
handcuffs with one hand and grabbed his radio with the other hand so he could advise he
had the subject in custody. Detective Busic stated David Corbin. handcuffed with his
hands behind him then turned to his left, reached backwards and grabbed Detective
Busic's hand gun from the holster. Detective Busic stated he dropped his radio and
grabbed Corbin's hands as he struggled to regain control of the handgun. Corbin fired two
shots from the gun. Detective Busic stated he heard David Corbin state to him "I'm going
to kill you mother fucker." Detective Busic stated he was trying to hold the slide of the
handgun so it wouldn't fire, however, two more shots were fired.

Detective Busic stated the other two subjects that had been running after David Corbin,
who were later identified as Eric Altamore and Edward Trainer, began to assist him in
getting control of the weapon and of David Corbin.

Eric Altamore stated he observed a white male jump from the back of a Marion County
Sherift's jail van and beginning running. Eric stated he then decided to chase the subject
who later was identified as David Corbin. Eric stated he observed an Indianapolis Police
Department officer and yelled at him that he had just observed David Corbin jump from
the back of the Jail wagon. He then stated that David Corbin ran towards Detective Busic
who had run across the street to the eastside of Meridian Street. Eric stated the officer
ordered David Corbin to stop and was able to place handcuffs on him. Eric stated David
Corbin then began to struggle with the officer for control of the officer's weapon when
four or five shots were fired. At one point Altamore said that the weapon was pointed in
his direction as he hid behind a car. After the shots were fired, Altamore stated he ran
over to assist the officer in getting David Corbin handcuffed.

Edward Trainer stated he also observed a white male, later identified as Corbin, escape
from the Jail wagon. He gave chase with Altamore until Detective Busic handcuffed
Corbin. At that point, he began walking toward the sidewalk and heard two gunshots. He
observed Detective Busic struggling with David Corbin, for control of the gun. Trainer
hid behind a car and saw the gun pointed in his direction. He saw asphalt spray near him
and thought a shot struck the ground near him. After the shooting he stated he went over
and assisted with getting the handgun from David Corbin and getting him subdued.

Clayton St. John was working at the Hampton Inn. He saw two men chase a white man in
an orange jump suit though the lobby. When he followed them to the parking lot, he saw
that a police officer had the man in the orange jump suit in custody. St. John then
returned to the lobby for a few seconds and then went back outside. He saw the officer
and the man in the jump suit, identified as Corbin, struggling for the officer's gun and
shots being fired. He heard Corbin state "I am going to kill you" or "I am going to shoot
you." St. John thought Corbin directed his comment toward one of the civilians trying to
subdue Corbin.: The civilians and the officer finally got Corbin subdued and disarmed.

ALL OF THE ABOVE EVENTS OCCURRED IN INDIANAPOLIS, MARION

COUNTY, INDIANA.

__________________________
LINDA KAPPES, DETECTIVE

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN BEFORE ME, THIS _______ DAY OF

___________,2003.

________________________________
________________________________
JUDGE MARION SUPERIOR COURT
DEPUTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
(The original was signed, dated and stamped on 3/20/03)

State of Indiana

County of Hendricks

PROBABLE CAUSE AFFIDAVIT

I, Captain Clarke E. Fine who, being first duly sworn upon his/her oath or having
affirmed states:

THAT ON 7-24-95 DEPUTIES FROM THE HENDRICKS COUNTY SHERIFF'S

DEPT FOUND THAT PERSON/S UNKNOWN HAD DAMAGED THE SECURITY
GLASS IN THE INDOOR RECREATION ROOM AT THE JAIL LOCATED IN
DANVILLE, HENDRICKS CO INDIANA. THE SECURITY GLASS WAS
SHATTERED BY FORCE, HOWEVER THE WINDOW WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN
IT'S INTEGRITY AND NO ONE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT THROUGH THE
WINDOW. DEPUTIES CHECKED AND FOUND THAT INMATES FROM
CELLBLOCK 2-E AND 2-W WERE IN THE RECREATION ROOM AT
APPROXIMATELY 11OOAM WHICH IS THE TIME THE WINDOW WAS
DAMAGED. THE MAIN SUSPECT WAS DEFENDANT DAVID CORBIN AS HE IS
AN EXTREME ESCAPE RISK AND HAS ATTEMPTED ESCAPE FROM LAWFUL
DETENTION BEFORE. THIS OFFICER INTERVIEWED DEFENDANT BEN GILL
IN MY OFFICE. MR GILL WAIVED HIS MIRANDA WARNINGS AND ADVISED
THAT MR CORBIN WAS INDEED THE SUBJECT WHO BROKE THE WINDOW
BY KICKING AT THE GLASS. MR-GILL NAMED ANOTHER INMATE AS
ASSISTING MR CORBIN. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE OTHER
INMATE NAMED BY MR GILL WAS AWAITING A BOND REDUCTION AND
WAS SUBSEQUENTLY OR ' ED BY THE COURT TWO DAYS LATER.
THIS OFFICER THEN INTERVIEWED TWO OTHER INMATES WHO WERE
PRESENT AT THE TIME OF THE ESCAPE ATTEMPT. THE GENTLEMEN WERE
INTERVIEWED SEPARATELY. BOTH MEN ADVISE THAT MR CORBIN DID
ATTEMPT TO KICK OUT THE SECURITY GLASS AND THAT HE WAS
ASSISTED BY MR GILL. MR GILL AND MR CORBIN HAD TALKED
PREVIOUSLY ABOUT ESCAPING. BOTH MEN KICKED AT THE GLASS
SHATTERING IT. WHEN THEY COULD NOT BREAK THROUGH MR GILL
APPROACHED THE WEIGHT MACHINE WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE
RECREATION ROOM AND TOOK APART A BENCH IN AN ATTEMPT TO USE
THE METAL BENCH TO FORCE OPEN THE SECURITY GLASS. HOWEVER AT
THAT TIME THE JAIL OFFICERS ANNOUNCED OVER THE PUBLIC ADDRESS
SYSTEM THAT RECREATION WAS OVER AND IT WAS TIME FOR LUNCH.
AFTER THE INMATES WERE TAKEN OUT OF THE RECREATION ROOM THE
DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED. CAPT BRINKER, JAIL COMMANDER ADVISES
THAT THE COST OF REPAIRING THE SECURITY GLASS HAS BEEN
ESTIMATED AT BETWEEN ELEVEN HUNDRED AND TWO THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
AT THIS TIME REQUEST WARRANTS BE ISSUED FOR THE ARRESTS OF
DAVID CORBIN AND BEN GILL FOR THE OFFENSES OF ATTEMPTED ESCAPE
AS C FELONIES AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AS AN A
MISDEMEANOR.

I swear (affirm) under penalty of perjury as specified by I.C. 35-44-2-1 that the foregoing
representations are true.

___________________________
Signature

___________________________
Date

(The original was signed and dated 8/1/95)

DOC Number 901698

First Name DAVID

Middle Name E

Last Name CORBIN

Suffix

Date of Birth 06/16/1975

Gender Male

Race White

Facility/Location New Castle Psychiatric Unit

Earliest Possible Release Date *02/08/2039