There’s always one kid that you can convince to do anything. C’mon, Harry, just break out and go get us some smokes.
Jail guards in the US state of Georgia searching for an escaped inmate did not have to look very far – the fugitive was caught sneaking back into prison.
Guards spotted Harry Jackson, 25, trying to creep back in with 14 packs of cigarettes allegedly stolen from a nearby store.
The alarm had been raised earlier after a jail door was found unlocked.
He had opened a door to the exercise yard and climbed an outer fence to get away, Sheriff Tommy Gregory said.
Jackson now faces new charges of breaking out of prison and burglary, reported AP news agency.
Not too bright.
Does Joe the Plumber need a partner?
this is funny. He’s doomed. When you’re this stupid as a criminal, you really have no future.
See kids, this is what could happen if you try smoking.
This is why I hate stories like this, because they are pure sensationalist, devoid of significance and severely truncated to grab your attention.
That jail has maybe 100 inmates total. It’s not a prison but an ordinary jail in Camden County. There’s probably a group of trustees who are allowed to run certain errands and all that happened was one of them walked off the property to go ACROSS THE STREET to buy some smokes.
This wasn’t Shawshank Redemption, tunneling through concrete, etc “break out.” The guy simply walked across the street.
Why the fuss then? My guess is that someone showed up who wasn’t part of the ordinary jail staff (i.e. “someone important”) and demanded a head count and found this guy missing, etc. Or quite frankly, one of the guards got drunk and got chewed out for being so slack.
I used to know a sheriff NEAR there who would get drunk as hell and SEND inmates out to go buy him beer or smokes. Better than drunk driving eh?
Pax