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| Man escapes from jail by posing as his brother |
| By AP |
| Published: 12/26/2001 |
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Darrell Felton didn't need a 'Get out of Jail Free' card. He had his brother. Felton, 20, is accused of walking out of the Greene County jail by posing as his brother, who also was locked up. Felton was recaptured at a friend's house, about 14 hours after the escape. 'They look a great deal alike,' Sheriff Jack Merritt said. 'They were in the same cellblock together. They had an opportunity to be in an open area, where they switched cells.' Felton's brother, Matthew Felton, 17, had been jailed on a misdemeanor offense. When his friends posted the younger Felton's $175 bond, the older brother walked out instead. Officers discovered they had released the wrong man when friends came back to the jail and told them. The friends then asked whether Matthew Felton could be released, hoping to free both men. Darrell Felton had originally been jailed for violating his parole on a theft charge. Authorities have added a charge of escape from confinement, and they're holding him on a $500,000 bond. Merritt said the jail was already planning to use an identification wristband that can't be removed without destroying it. Now he wants to begin using the wristbands immediately. |
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