Remember the Chicago story of the two Federal inmates who (okay, hum a few bars of Alice's Restaurant here) broke through an outside wall of their cell and slid down a "rope" of bedsheets about 15-20 floors?
They were caught on a street camera climbing into a cab about 2:00AM, and I had wondered why a cabbie would pick up a couple of guys wearing jailhouse orange.
A reader took me to task for wondering that.
In today's Northwest Herald is a story about the capture of the second escapee. Well down in the story it reads, "They had changed out of their orange jail-issued jumpsuits" before entering the cab.
How come no one is asking where they go a change of clothing at 2:00AM? Was a Loop army-surplus store open really late? Did they steal clothing out of a parked car? Or, maybe, did someone know they were going to break out and leave a bag of clothing at a pre-arranged location for them.
I was surprised that the Feds decided not to prosecute the first escapee on the escape charge. Now there's a case that "shouldn't be all that complicated". But, since he is looking at a 26-year sentence anyway, I guess they think they are saving an hour in court. By not prosecuting him, though, what will the real deal be when he escapes from the next place?
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3 months ago
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Probably the same places criminals get guns-someone gave them to them or they stole the clothes- they ARE criminals....I'm more cencerned about how they managed to get enough bed sheets, tie them together, punch a hole somewhere in an OUTSIDE wall, and climb down to escape. Can anyone say "What GUARDS?" I'll bet no one has escaped from our county jail, have they?
I wondered the same thing. How could accumulate enough sheets to slide down 15-20 stories? And where did they get the implements to destroy the wall or window? Good questions.
I don't know whether there has ever been an escape from the McHenry County Jail.
A prisoner escaped recently from a squad car while being transported to the Jail. There is some question about whether the prisoner had been uncuffed to smoke (in the squad car) and whether the prisoner was seatbelted.
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