Discovery Channel to air a new investigative series 'I Almost Got Away With It'

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New Delhi, March 5, 2012

Discovery Channel's new series "I Almost Got Away With It' features the stories of fugitives doing anything they can to escape prison. With the best and the brightest in law enforcement after them, their tales of life on the run are truly unbelievable. Find out how law enforcement uses all means necessary to discover and capture these wanted men/women. This March, the show airs on the Discovery Channel from Monday – Saturday at 7 pm.

Each episode of the show features real-life stories of people who have evaded justice for years – sometimes decades – by using any and all means necessary, including their families, fake identification, and even violence to escape the long arm of the law… until they got caught.

From a drug dealer who shoots his girlfriend in a lover's feud to an ex-cop who is caught on tape firing a gun at her friend's home, each has a different story but ultimately their motives are always the same – to stay out of prison and never get caught. Whether it was a botched robbery, a reckless affair, or e-mail tracking technology that led to their arrests, these fugitives eventually discover that crime doesn't pay.

Now behind bars, these slick culprits now tell all – where they found shelter, how they changed their identities, and how they managed to stay on the run. With vivid re-enactments of the crimes and subsequent captures, I Almost Got Away With It also reveals how law enforcement agencies relentlessly pursued and finally apprehend these fugitives.

Some of the episodes in the series are:

Episode 1: Got Caught by a Cougar

Robert Spencer has just shot his girlfriend. He is a thug and drug dealer, who in a blind panic gets high and goes on the run, living every day as a party. He finds the affection of a friend's mother, which ultimately leads to his arrest.

Episode 2: Got to Roll the Dice

With 41 arrests and no convictions, Philip Williams had no worries that stabbing his ex in a parking lot would give him any trouble. But when he became a wanted man, he hit the road. Surviving on his gambling wins, Williams kept on the move.

Episode 3: Got a Dead Man's ID

Michael Hess is a wanted prison escapee on the run with a new identity and has been living in the same town he is wanted in for two decades. Hess learns to beat the system and enjoy his new life of work, weed, and women before he's busted.

Episode 4: Got Caught via E-mail

When Edward Roberson and two fellow inmates went to the showers, they didn't come back. Breaking out, the three scale the fences and run for it. Roberson has escaped and now has stolen guns, in a stolen car running for his life.

Episode 5: Got Plastic Surgery

Courtenay Savage is an ex-cop with a loaded gun aimed at a friend's trailer. She has no idea she is caught on tape. After an arrest and posting bail, she goes on the run, leaving ties to the police department and the sex industry.

Episode 6: Got Shot Above a Deli

What was planned as an easy robbery turns into The Carnegie Deli Murders. Sean Salley shoots an actress and her friends above a deli in New York, and flees to New Orleans and then to Miami where he plans to leave the country for good.

Episode 7: Got Raps

Raymond Ross skips town after beating a teen into a coma. With his cousin, who is also wanted, Ross enters the drug scene selling dope and his own music. After a close call, Ross decides to let loose and party hard while police close in on his trail.

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