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| Oklahoma Con Tunnels to Freedom |
| By Daily Oklahoman |
| Published: 12/24/2002 |
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An Adair County prisoner removed a metal plate from the third-floor jail, tunneled through to the second-floor ceiling and escaped Saturday night. Roy Gill, 27, of Stilwell escaped between 11:30 p.m. and midnight, said Karen McCollum, dispatcher for the sheriff's department. A telephone call from someone who saw Gill alerted authorities to the escape, McCollum said. Gill either crawled out a second-floor window or used a door to leave the courthouse where the jail is located, she said. 'We think he (Gill) has already ditched his prisoner clothes and is wearing street clothes,' McCollum said. Gill was sentenced Dec. 5 to 18 years in prison on five counts of robbery, two counts of petty larceny and two counts of grand larceny. The 71-year-old jail has five cells, holds 35 inmates and is located on the third floor of the Adair County Courthouse. A 19,000-square-foot jail is scheduled to open Feb. 1. The new jail will hold 66 inmates and cost $2.8 million. |
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