Fugitive suspect in trooper shooting spotted

STOCKTON - Ralph “Bucky” Phillips' high-profile flight from justice began when he took a commercial grade can opener to the ceiling of a prison kitchen just four days before his scheduled release.

As a fugitive, his actions have been no less brazen.

Since his April 2 escape from the Erie County Correctional Facility, authorities believe Phillips has zigzagged across a good portion of the state, helping himself to food, clothes and guns in unattended homes and hunting cabins, leaving a telltale trail of stolen vehicles along the way.