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Hillary Clinton campaign office hostage-taker Leeland Eisenberg cuts bracelet, runs

Helen Kennedy New York Daily News 02/10/2010 04:08
Leeland Eisenberg was on probation when he cut off his GPS bracelet at 10:09 a.m. and "absconded from supervision," cops said.

Leeland Eisenberg was on probation when he cut off his GPS bracelet at 10:09 a.m. and "absconded from supervision," cops said.


The man who took hostages at a New Hampshire Hillary Clinton campaign office in 2007 cut off his monitoring equipment Tuesday and went on the lam.



Leeland Eisenberg, who has a history of mental and alcohol problems, was on probation when he cut off his GPS bracelet at 10:09 a.m. and "absconded from supervision," cops said.

He was last seen in Dover, N.H., getting into a green SUV with a female driver, officials said.

In 2007, Eisenberg strapped road flares to his chest and took five campaign workers hostage in Rochester, N.H. He surrendered after a five-hour standoff. No one was hurt.

Eisenberg, who said he was molested by a priest, reportedly wanted assistance getting mental help. He served two years of a three-year sentence but had trouble sticking to his probation rules, including taking medication and getting court-mandated mental help.


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