Rubiaco

Correctional Officer Urbano Rubiaco Jr. survived to later testify that Pinell used a knife made of razor blades embedded in a toothbrush handle to slash Rubiaco's neck. “He said 'I love you pigs' and then he cut my throat,” Rubiaco said. He was one of ...

... two inmate trustees and escaped ringleader George Jackson. Urbano Rubiaco Jr., a correctional officer who survived the 1971 escape attempt, later testified that Pinell used a homemade knife made of a toothbrush handle and razor blades to cut his neck.

"He said 'I love you pigs' and then he cut my throat," Rubiaco said. He was one of two guards taken hostage by 25 inmates who were released from their cells during the escape attempt. Correctional Sgt. Frank McCray testified that he and other guards ...

"He said 'I love you pigs' and then he cut my throat," Rubiaco said. He was one of two guards taken hostage by 25 inmates who were released from their cells during the escape attempt. Correctional Sgt. Frank McCray testified that he and other guards ...

"He said 'I love you pigs' and then he cut my throat," Rubiaco said. He was one of two guards taken hostage by 25 inmates who were released from their cells during the escape attempt. Correctional Sgt. Frank McCray testified that he and other guards ...