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| Inmate Captured Two Hours After Escape |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 02/27/2006 |
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A series of escapes from an Illinois county jail was already bizarre: In one case, an inmate slipped into a laundry truck to flee. In another, an officer is accused of helping six others breaking out to boost the political campaign of a sheriff's candidate. Last week, the trend turned even more strange when Sheriff Michael Sheahan personally apprehended the latest fugitive, a woman who authorities said escaped from a hospital when her officer left to take a phone call. The escape of Lawanda Warren, 40, who was being held on drug possession charges, was the third from Cook County Jail or its personnel in eight days. "You can't trust a prisoner, and this is just another example of an individual that works for us that made a mistake, and he'll be dealt with," Sheahan said. Before this month, no inmates had escaped from the jail in the previous 10 years. Cook County Jail typically houses 10,000 inmates. Sheahan said he tracked Warren down on the west side of Chicago using a list of addresses she had used in the past. At Warren's mother's house, family members speaking to her over the phone were able to persuade her to talk to the sheriff and tell him where she was staying. |
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