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| Inmate Gets Stuck in Window During Escape |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 02/02/2004 |
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Instead of going over the wall, an the inmate at South Central Regional Jail in W. Va. tried to go through it - without much luck. Robert Anthony Hill was trapped for about four hours in a 6-inch wide, 3-feet high window after getting stuck at about 1:30 p.m. last Monday, said Steve Canterbury, director of the state Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority. "He was able to breathe a little of the free air, but unfortunately, that part that's apparently indicative of his character - his rear end - is still well within the walls of the jail," Canterbury said before the inmate was freed. The 5-foot-10, 165-pound Kanawha County man had worked a metal shelf off the wall in his cell and then used the shelf to break the window at the jail in Charleston, Canterbury said. Hill, 25, had taken off his shirt and greased his upper body with soap, Canterbury said. The inmate managed to get his head and one shoulder through before his ribs became wedged in a diagonal position. The inmate was freed at 4:45 p.m. last Monday and taken to a local hospital. His condition was not immediately available but Canterbury said the inmate's injuries were not life-threatening. He probably just has some scrapes, bruises and swelling, Canterbury said, and possibly some cracked ribs. In addition to charges of escape and destruction of public property, Canterbury said Hill will be saddled with the bill for the damage and repairs, which he estimated will be about $10,000. |
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