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| Officers foil inmates' escape plan |
| By Florida Today |
| Published: 12/24/2003 |
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A tip to officers foiled escape plans for five medium-custody inmates at the Brevard County (Fla.) Detention Center. Officers found a shattered window and damaged metal grate in the dayroom in one section of the facility about 9:15 p.m. Monday. "This was the most serious attempt we've had" in recent memory, said Cmdr. Terry Altman, who oversees operations at the 1,300-inmate county jail north of Cocoa. The section of the jail, which has 58 inmates, was immediately shut down and the cells searched. None of the inmates made it outside of the structure. They were identified as Carl McNair, 47; Daren Michel, 42; Kenneth McDuffie, 35; Jamison Fair; 39; and Corey Thrower, 25. McNair, Michel and Fair were at the jail awaiting trial on unrelated robbery and other charges. Thrower and McDuffie were being held on burglary charges, records show. The five did not offer any resistance when confronted by the officers. They were placed in administrative confinement after being charged internally with attempted escape. No criminal charges were filed. The ensuing search uncovered a 10-by-18-inch breach in a security grate, said Yvonne Martinez, spokeswoman for the Brevard County Sheriff's Office. Had the inmates been successful, they could have gotten out of the complex and possibly made it to the 12-foot security fence ringed with four strands of barbed wire. "We don't know how long this may have been planned or even if it was something that was done at the spur of a moment," Altman said. Altman also said the noise level in the jail -- with inmates playing cards -- talking or watching a blaring television, could easily have provided cover for the inmates to break the glass. Investigators have not found any of the tools or devices used to cut the grate or shatter the window. The attempted break remains under investigation. |
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I was reading the report on their plan and I was truly impressed with how they were using an aluminium foil UAE. This just shows you the amount of creativity in these guys.
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