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Called a flight risk, Lasaga taken into custody by feds

Published Friday, January 18, 2002

Former Saybrook master and geology professor Antonio Lasaga, convicted of child pornography and sexual assault charges, was taken into federal custody Thursday, more than three years after he was first arrested.

U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson granted a prosecution motion to remand Lasaga to custody, citing recent behavior that indicated the 52-year-old Lasaga was a flight risk.

"His probation officers have been incredibly uncomfortable with him," Thompson said. "There is a sense of unease."

Lasaga's freedom ended just 11 days before he is to be sentenced on...

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