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Cops Catch
Prisoner Who
Cut Off Own Ear
to Escape

May 28, 2010 12:16 PM CDT

Cops Catch Prisoner Who Cut Off Own Ear to Escape

Accomplices broke man out on way to hospital

(Newser) - British police today recaptured a man who'd cut off his own ear to escape from prison. The man, 29-year-old Michael O'Donnell of Greater Manchester, went Van Gogh on himself on May 2 while awaiting sentencing for his role in a car cloning crime ring. He was sent to the hospital,...

Woman Hides
in Coffin to
Escape Police

May 18, 2010 1:40 PM CDT

Woman Hides in Coffin to Escape Police

Nicole Kelly decides she can't go to jail, so she finds another tiny spot

(Newser) - From the brilliant criminals department: Upon arriving at a correctional facility after being arraigned on two outstanding warrants, a Philadelphia woman decided she "just couldn't do this," wrestled free, and ran away. A still-handcuffed Nicole Kelly, 19, managed to shake the authorities who chased her, ducked into the...

Texas Inmate Made
70 Trips to Wal-Mart

Mar 3, 2010 5:09 PM CST

Texas Inmate Made 70 Trips to Wal-Mart

He dyed uniform with coffee, shopped for cigarettes

(Newser) - A convicted burglar slipped out of prison in Texas to make a late-night run to Wal-Mart for cigarettes, then slipped back in. About 70 different times. The 19-year-old reportedly dyed his prison uniform with coffee so he wouldn't raise eyebrows at the store, reports the Austin American-Statesman . It also helped...

Fugitive Who Taunted
Cops on Facebook Busted

SURPRISE, SURPRISE

Jan 13, 2010 12:29 PM CST

Fugitive Who Taunted Cops on Facebook Busted

Brit 'Lazie' Lynch not-so-escaped con now after 4-month run

(Newser) - A British burglar who busted out of prison in September and kept a quasi-amusing record of his flight on Facebook has himself been busted by police. As recently as New Year's Eve, Craig “Lazie” Lynch was in London, and broadcast that fact to his 40,000 friends: He described...

Escaped Con
Teases Cops
on Facebook

Dec 29, 2009 2:56 PM CST

Escaped Con Teases Cops on Facebook

1,000-plus fans follow 'rude' posts by UK man

(Newser) - A prisoner in the UK who flew the coop in September isn’t keeping a low profile—instead, he’s got one on Facebook. Craig “Lazie” Lynch has been posting photos of himself flipping the bird at police as he sends messages to more than a thousand supporters, the...

2 Killers, Rapist Escape Indiana State Prison

Jul 13, 2009 8:15 AM CDT

2 Killers, Rapist Escape Indiana State Prison

Manhunt under way; trio slipped max-security lockup via tunnels

(Newser) - Three inmates, facing a total of at least 120 more years behind bars, escaped a maximum-security prison in Indiana yesterday, apparently through underground tunnels and pipes. The men, two convicted murderers and a rapist, were considered dangerous, and prison officials used a telephone notification system to send alerts to nearby...

German Inmate
Mails Himself Free

Nov 15, 2008 1:03 PM CST

German Inmate Mails Himself Free

Warden unsurprised by crazy escape, calls for more guards

(Newser) - German police are on a manhunt for a convicted drug dealer who escaped from prison by mailing himself in a cardboard box, the BBC reports. The 42-year-old man crawled into the box after a long shift of making stationery. An unwitting express courier then loaded the box onto his truck...

Prison Escapee, Now Suburban Mom, Caught After 32 Years

May 1, 2008 6:21 PM CDT

Prison Escapee, Now Suburban Mom, Caught After 32 Years

She's back in jail to finish drug sentence

(Newser) - A 53-year-old mother of three, on the lam for 32 years after escaping from a Detroit prison, has been nabbed in a San Diego suburb. A fugitive since 1976, Susan Lefevre left the prison on a work pass and didn't return; she'll now have to finish out the remaining 9...

9 Terrorists Escape From Moroccan Prison

Apr 7, 2008 6:45 PM CDT

9 Terrorists Escape From Moroccan Prison

Militants were guilty of 2003 Casablanca bombings

(Newser) - Nine Moroccan terrorists convicted of involvement in the 2003 Casablanca suicide bombings escaped from prison today, AFP reports. The men, Islamist extremists who were serving 20 years to life, tunneled out of Kenitra detention center, near Rabat. They left a note explaining that, having exhausted the appeals process, they resorted...

Jailbird Heads to Hooters

Aug 31, 2007 6:17 PM CDT

Jailbird Heads to Hooters

Inmate fled jail while taking out the trash

(Newser) - A convict who managed to extract himself from the county jail in an Indiana town Sunday while taking out the trash was caught yesterday after he was unable to resist bragging about the caper to new-found friends at a nearby Hooters. Charles Smith, the 56-year-old escapee, wasn't even missed until...