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title: News puts hijacker in jail
date: "2002-07-17T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1276
description: I highlight how an innocuous business article mention inadvertently led to the arrest of Patrick Critton, a man who had successfully evaded authorities for decades after a 1971 airplane hijacking to Cuba.
keywords: [patrick critton, hijacking, fugitive, news coverage, journalism, law enforcement]
---

This [article](http://www.thejournalnews.com/TJNbusiness/outlook/subout_002.html) mentions a Patrick Critton. Thanks to this innocuous reference, he [ended up in jail](http://www.canoe.ca/CNEWSLaw0206/11_hijacker-cp.html).