And he just keeps getting bolder, more audacious ...
Robbery and shooting link to escapee.
By John Merriman
Published in The Advertiser 28 April 1999
ESCAPEE Anthony John Smith is believed to have been involved in a bank robbery and the shooting of a woman since he escaped two months ago. Police believe Smith, 19, is commuting regularly between Adelaide and Melbourne possibly with his girlfriend who vanished last week.
On March 1 Smith escaped from two Correctional Services officers who were escorting him from the Adelaide Remand Centre to the Royal Adelaide Hospital so he could visit his sick father.
It is believed he left the city in a taxi.
Police said yesterday they were convinced Smith was one of three men involved in the attempted murder and robbery of a 27-year-old Glengowrie woman in the car park of the Plympton branch of BankSA on Monday, March 8. A witness claims to have seen Smith in the getaway vehicle.
Intelligence sources also have indicated he was one of three men who robbed the ANZ bank at Torrensville just after 5pm on Friday, March 12.
An investigating officer, Detective Senior Constable Harry Worth, said the last confirmed sighting of him was a week ago when he met his girlfriend in Adelaide.
Smith's 16-year-old girlfriend has now disappeared and police assume she is travelling with him. Smith is one of three escapees on the run. The others are Brett McFarlane, 32, and Adam Zoanetti, 28, who escaped with Jason Moyle, 27, and Kane Dyer, 23, from the Yatala Labour Prison on Monday, April 9. Moyle and Dyer have since been detained. The four men escaped from Yatala by using bolt-cutters to cut through three fences.
Later that night they walked into the Cavan Hotel on Port Wakefield Rd. McFarlane told the three to wait for him while he made a telephone call, but he has not been seen since.
His three companions waited 40 minutes before they realised McFarlane had left by the back door. The trio spent the night at a flat in Norwood, where Zoanetti was last seen.
Moyle was found unconscious in parklands near the Adelaide Zoo on Monday, April 12, after overdosing on drugs. Dyer surrendered to police at the Port Adelaide Police Station on Tuesday, April 13.
Detective Senior Constable Worth said the three criminals still on the run had eluded police because of an "extensive network of close friends and associates". "These people are willing to risk imprisonment themselves to protect these men," he said. "One person has already been charged with harboring an escaped criminal."
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It was quite a reasonable place to work: the hours were regular, the staff were quite nice, it wasn't particularly taxing on my brain.
There were a few downsides: In the six weeks or so that I worked there, there was about a 90% staff turnover (contributed to by my leaving). This wasn't seen as a result of the low pay, the laughability of staff prices or the practice of not distributing tips to staff, rather it was blamed on the lack of work ethic among Bribie Island's youth.
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How do men in prison get hold of bolt cutters? Aren't they strip searched or something? You know,in the showers, by some big lug called Mad Dog?
ReplyDeleteRiver - I would assume that why they have bolt cutters; to keep Mad Dog at bay. As to the how, I would assume here that methods aren't as important as results when it comes to fending off Mad Dog. The thought of those hairy fingers will produce some pretty remarkable results.
ReplyDeleteEwww!
ReplyDeleteBest not think about Mad Dog.
They got them in the same way everyone else gets them in - during a conjugal visit.
Bolt cutters during a CONJUGAL visit? Just how big are these people's rudey bits, I ask?
ReplyDeleteShippy - You can ignore him, but you cannot resist him.
ReplyDeleteKath - Big enough to fit some hardware in, obviously.
Mad Dog's penis is officially named "Bunnings".
GTH: Your parents (aged 3 years apart) and a representation of their wildfire love as a comparison to that of 'Your Mate' Tony and his girlfriend (Who can not be named due to her age at the time of the offense/offence).
ReplyDeleteGTH: Franzy is All Fired Up (Fired Up...)
ReplyDeleteJeez - showing my age here...
adam zoanetti is someone i know very well, and i know that the reports are not accurate, they originally hid the equipment just to use up a bit of time because they were bored and never expected to actually get away with it. yatala covered up the missing tools by replacing them. the tools were then shifted around various hiding places for some time, but the really stupid bit is that the gaol had piled up a huge stack of palates near the wall which the guys climbed, enabling them to get over the wall. they would have escaped whether they had bolt cutters or not, because once outside the wall all that the had to do was climb a fence made of tennis court wire, easy to climb. they never expected to get away and were surprised that no one stopped them. it was a totally bungled pursuit, which started a lot longer after they had got away than was officially reported. the SA gaol system is grossly negligent, this is just one instance of their incompetence. they also fail to mention that adam zoanetti has escaped from almost every gaol in sa, and the reason that he stayed undetected for so long is they showed the wrong person or tv when publicising the escape, and also when he was finally recaptured, they filmed the wrong person and put footage of someone else on the news, wrongly identifying it as adam. for all his wrong doings adam is an intelligent sensitive person, who just got a shitty deal in life. his childhood forced him into the life of crime that society looks down on him for, yet it was a survival method when as a child he was submitted to unspeakable violence and assaults when in state care, and put in gaol before he ever committed a crime. it is societies fault that he is the way he is. IAN RAMSEY the filthy peadophile who worked with wards of the state including adam zoanetti is the real monster here, along with the violent rapist derrick hudson who worked in various boys homes in south australia. the real issue is why reports of sexual assault and brutal beatings were never investigated, society just wants to bitch about the criminals, but they never stop to think about who created the monster, and why an innocent boys life was ruined. that boy is now a man and they just blame him. but when a person is institutionalised all their lives, they never learn how to get along with the rest of society. gaol is not a rehabilitation centre, it is in fact an animal factory. ask yourselves, have you ever known someone who has gone to gaol and come out a better person??
ReplyDeleteThat was well written. I knew Adam Zoanetti extremely well myself. He is a good kind hearted person. I miss him dearly
Deleteoh yeah the tools in question were from the gaol workshops were the prisoners work for an absolute pittance (which on another subject is a breach of the geneva convention, the poor conditions and low pay that the government capitalises on and exploits these disadvantaged people. the things they produce are then sold at an enormous profit by companies such as west coast cooler and freedom furniture. )
ReplyDeleteAnonymous.... you seem to know a lot about me, my escape and my life details why remain anonymous...your account is very fitting but not entirly correct and being posted only this year leaves me wondering who and why I'm being googled by hmmm and isnt freedom furnitures slogen I funny 1 "THINK OUTSIDE OF THE SQUARE YOU LIVE" yatla has found its loophole in the breach of the geneva convention by by allowing people to work fore prime industries rather than the prison and yes my job there at the time was making card tables I was paid 15 cents for each 1 I made after compleating 40 prim's quota prime industries should be STOPPED from using prisoners to maximise profits for large companies but there venture is growing and being implemented in other prison's as for IAN RAMSAY found incompetent to stand for trial I have been left with a drug addiction,constant pannic attacks and cronic anxiety I still suffer from today thakfully it is treated and under controll and yes goal is a loveless place and wen you get no love you forget how to give it especially when society as a whole it seems wants it that way and should be reminded that we are sent to goal as a punishment not to be punished I don't like having well part of my life's story on google for all the world to see because it takes a lot out of context remember we are all just products of all our past expereances where the lead you can be different for each individual 1 last point the abuse startted at age 11 I am still waitig for compensation from the SA government who are making things as hard as possable seems to me that there is no caring or compassion in this world I was imprisoned in 1998 and released in 2003 I have not been back since if the prisons continue to treat people as animals is it any wonder we have so many animals walking our streets lets not forget we all get released "OR ESCAPE" 1 day
ReplyDeleteHi Adam,
ReplyDeleteThanks for coming by my blog. I've got no idea who this 'Anonymous' person is, but if you want me to remove your name from this site, let me know and I will delete it.
Brett Mcfarlane is evil to the core and needs to be eradicated from the face of the earth. I would gladly flick the switch on any electric chair.
ReplyDelete.....and how am I qualified to make this statement ??
It was my throat he slit many years ago in Adelaide and burried me alive in the adelaide hills.
if you hadn't had given him drugs and fucked him off he wouldnt have tryed to kill you fucking tranny.
DeleteYou are so misimformed Anonymous. I was simply driving home when he jumped out in front of my car. Until that point I had never laid eyes on him before. At no point during the court case did he ever say I gave him drugs although he did claim to have been on drugs at the time. Thats a huge difference. Any drugs he was on didn't come from me. To this day I don't believe he was on any drugs as he was totaly in control of himself. If you are going to make ridiculous statements like this, make sure you know the facts or take the time to read the police reports.
Deletemy partner is in yatala labour prison and i believe he has become a better person in the last few months. anyways, my question is, does yatala still allow conjugal visits? if so what nights and for how long??
ReplyDeleteHey anonymous, I can't believe I found your post about having your throat slit and buried alive in the hills- I'm researching a magazine article that includes that crime! I've been trying to dig up info on McFarlane. Is there any chance you would agree to be interviewed? Your anonymity would be guaranteed if you wish. If anyone else knows anything about this crime I'd love to hear about it. You can reach me on 08 8391 0144. Anyone who knows who anonymous is please pass this message on.
ReplyDeleteto the person above, what magazine did you find the artical in? and do you have any links to any of the info you have found on mcfarlane?
ReplyDeleteU idiots ent knw the half of it.I knw at least few of em.Wat the jungle breads is based on the system n it's gotten worse. U make us hate. Treat others with respect n only talk if it's tru.have sms honour
ReplyDeleteTony got more time then most double killers. Over exaggerated cops. N Wat about the snitch who blamed Tony for everything..extra crimes.Where no proof..N every Robert blaming him.Putnam heat on him.30 years with 18 on bottom.Wat a joke. He was young n silly.mistake.19 years old.He is kept 15 years so far in high security. Most killers gt to low in 6_10 years n they know they mite not give him parolle in 2018 Nov.not promised.they haven't bfn him a chance.Wat expectation do u want.I have omen him since I was 6 I'm now 36yo..every one said url be me doing long lags. Fuk the police.just cause he outsmarted u for one year.while he on run.remember with out the dogs n narks.U wouldn't of caught him so soon. It took a tip from a chealouse money hungry. Pig dog.. who wanted cash but gt none. Tony has spent his prime years in jail. He is smart. N doesn't smoke drugs or fights. Has done all of schooling n bit of uni.He one time worked at holdens.selling cars. He was an excellent swimmer.rip.his mum Deidre. Was going to compete at olimpic trials that's how gd he was. Very likable guy.Very unlucky guy. As it turned out n now he is forgoton.N left to rot.yatla.jail.I miss my mate. N if we could do again..I'd go all out with him.if I knew Wat would happen to us.me deported.N him jail.. life not is all ways as it seems. Artfull Dodgers Tony Smith. Cops could never catch him in act. Or without snitches. .they robbed him. There should be movie on this guy. .I tell u .it's one he'll of a story.N. it's sad. Fuk he's a good bloke.N many can vouch...I'm sure he's sorry for the shooting. But a prissy gun that's small then hand ain't gna kill u. End shoulder shot. Killers gt less. He was robbed. Don't expect mercy. For people the system tries to break...free Tony Smith. Free the man ........He missed many close familly funeralls etc.give him a chance. Gve him parole....if my prediction is rite. He will be denied. ....2015 now.read this again in 2018 Nov.. justice for all political barriers of this nation. Australia. Great. They say. Harry worth. U dog .remember wen u shot out 2 tyres. In a chase.with m.w and.s.m...U only gt s.m in wheelie bin hiding while predated evading chopper. U hate .we hate. Harry worth the cop is a set up cop. Corrupt cop at that. Planting shit just to convict
ReplyDeleteTony got more time then most double killers. Over exaggerated cops. N Wat about the snitch who blamed Tony for everything..extra crimes.Where no proof..N every Robert blaming him.Putnam heat on him.30 years with 18 on bottom.Wat a joke. He was young n silly.mistake.19 years old.He is kept 15 years so far in high security. Most killers gt to low in 6_10 years n they know they mite not give him parolle in 2018 Nov.not promised.they haven't bfn him a chance.Wat expectation do u want.I have omen him since I was 6 I'm now 36yo..every one said url be me doing long lags. Fuk the police.just cause he outsmarted u for one year.while he on run.remember with out the dogs n narks.U wouldn't of caught him so soon. It took a tip from a chealouse money hungry. Pig dog.. who wanted cash but gt none. Tony has spent his prime years in jail. He is smart. N doesn't smoke drugs or fights. Has done all of schooling n bit of uni.He one time worked at holdens.selling cars. He was an excellent swimmer.rip.his mum Deidre. Was going to compete at olimpic trials that's how gd he was. Very likable guy.Very unlucky guy. As it turned out n now he is forgoton.N left to rot.yatla.jail.I miss my mate. N if we could do again..I'd go all out with him.if I knew Wat would happen to us.me deported.N him jail.. life not is all ways as it seems. Artfull Dodgers Tony Smith. Cops could never catch him in act. Or without snitches. .they robbed him. There should be movie on this guy. .I tell u .it's one he'll of a story.N. it's sad. Fuk he's a good bloke.N many can vouch...I'm sure he's sorry for the shooting. But a prissy gun that's small then hand ain't gna kill u. End shoulder shot. Killers gt less. He was robbed. Don't expect mercy. For people the system tries to break...free Tony Smith. Free the man ........He missed many close familly funeralls etc.give him a chance. Gve him parole....if my prediction is rite. He will be denied. ....2015 now.read this again in 2018 Nov.. justice for all political barriers of this nation. Australia. Great. They say. Harry worth. U dog .remember wen u shot out 2 tyres. In a chase.with m.w and.s.m...U only gt s.m in wheelie bin hiding while predated evading chopper. U hate .we hate. Harry worth the cop is a set up cop. Corrupt cop at that. Planting shit just to convict
ReplyDeleteif you don't want to put your name on their don't say a f****** word Tony Smith it would let hopefully get sproule this year 2018 will be your year Tony just find out where we're going to eat my name is Rob Tracy let me tell you something Brett McFarlane is a maggot he gave up his Davies deserve his head punched in as for all the other boys Adams o n Eddy he's one of the lads just a once off someone like me to stun 10 years I don't want to see people need talking s*** calling yourself anonymous things like that put your name on their I dont fucken speak it or if you come back it up his the truth or it's not because guess what I was there and I know more people shouldn't talkshit to watch out I have a good day for all yeah it's easy
ReplyDeleteI can tell you a few things about Brett McFarlane He’s a liar a dog a crackhead a paedophile he lives at unit 2/21 fortrose Ave seaton
ReplyDeleteHe thinks he’s a big hero calls himself slash He’s a pathetic dirty old fuckhead just another crackhead abusing woman or young girls .Someone needs to put him in a fucking hole.