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Inmate’s alleged plan to break out of NYC jail busted
By pix11.com- Allison Kaden
Published: 06/19/2015

NEW YORK — A sweeping investigation into a smuggling ring in the Manhattan Detention Center led to the discovery of not only contraband behind bars but one inmate’s plan to escape the jail.

Ernest Murphy, 25, was caught with a string of bed sheets in his cell, according to investigators. He allegedly had 64 sheets tied together like a rope and hidden in a cabinet under the sink.

“Those are enough to shimmy down the 11 stories from his cell block to the ground,” Department of Investigation Commissioner Mark Peters said Thursday.

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