Four inmates escape, go on beer run

Doglips · 07-21-2004, 10:17 AM

I did not know NRAJOE was in Jail????

Four inmates escape, go on beer run
Wednesday, July 21, 2004 Posted: 8:22 AM EDT (1222 GMT)

ROGERSVILLE, Tennessee (AP) -- The party's over for four inmates accused of going on a beer run after the jail's doors were accidentally left unlocked.

The men were charged Monday with escape and bringing alcohol into a jail.

The breakout occurred Thursday night after cellblock doors at the Hawkins County Jail were left unlocked and a faulty control panel failed to alert jailers, Sheriff Warren Rimer said.

Two of the inmates walked out through a fire exit, leaving the door propped open with a Bible, and made a hole in the exercise yard fence. They walked to a market, bought some beer and returned to the jail to share it with other prisoners. When the booze ran out, the other two inmates made another beer run to a different store.

Authorities believe the inmates bought more than two cases of beer in all.

"I guess they thought if they came back they wouldn't be charged with escape," Rimer said, "but they were wrong."

The store visits did not raise alarm because the inmates were wearing street clothes borrowed from other prisoners. The crowded jail does not have enough orange jumpsuits to go around.

colt45 · 07-21-2004, 10:30 AM

what no head counts or rounds to notice BEER in the cells, and why would they allready have cash on them in Jail?
there should be some guards in a cell after this one.

Shaun · 07-21-2004, 10:37 AM

TN jails are escaped from every day --they aren't very bright down here. Probably using duct tape for the locking mechanisms again

colt45 · 07-21-2004, 10:40 AM

hay now don't be puttin down the uses for redneck rope. (thats what my son calls duck tape) allmost split a gut when i heard him call it that the first time.

Shaun · 07-21-2004, 11:00 AM

I am thinking about selling it here as an Official TN Auto Body repair kit. I know it will only sell to Native Tennessean's as us imports belive in auto body shops.

colt45 · 07-21-2004, 11:03 AM

don't know i see plenty of trucks up here with it on then.
i like great stuff for holes in the rocker pannels though, holds up better.

savparts · 07-21-2004, 12:27 PM

Doesn't CCA run the jails???

Shaun · 07-21-2004, 12:31 PM

they are running some of the prisons-- most of the escapes are happening at the county level

Despoiler · 07-22-2004, 12:40 AM

So whats the problem? They came back didn't they?

flipzter · 07-23-2004, 09:51 PM

What better reason to break out of jail than a beer run?? We have county jail breaks down here on a weekly basis. But ours don't return until they're caught.

07-21-2004, 10:17 AM	#1
Doglips Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Cocoa Florida Posts: 9,088	Four inmates escape, go on beer run I did not know NRAJOE was in Jail???? Four inmates escape, go on beer run Wednesday, July 21, 2004 Posted: 8:22 AM EDT (1222 GMT) ROGERSVILLE, Tennessee (AP) -- The party's over for four inmates accused of going on a beer run after the jail's doors were accidentally left unlocked. The men were charged Monday with escape and bringing alcohol into a jail. The breakout occurred Thursday night after cellblock doors at the Hawkins County Jail were left unlocked and a faulty control panel failed to alert jailers, Sheriff Warren Rimer said. Two of the inmates walked out through a fire exit, leaving the door propped open with a Bible, and made a hole in the exercise yard fence. They walked to a market, bought some beer and returned to the jail to share it with other prisoners. When the booze ran out, the other two inmates made another beer run to a different store. Authorities believe the inmates bought more than two cases of beer in all. "I guess they thought if they came back they wouldn't be charged with escape," Rimer said, "but they were wrong." The store visits did not raise alarm because the inmates were wearing street clothes borrowed from other prisoners. The crowded jail does not have enough orange jumpsuits to go around.

07-21-2004, 10:30 AM	#2
colt45 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Occupied Territories of New York (Buffalo) Posts: 2,898	what no head counts or rounds to notice BEER in the cells, and why would they allready have cash on them in Jail? there should be some guards in a cell after this one. __________________ "A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity" -Sigmund Freud, General Introduction to Psychoanalysis "If guns cause crime, all of mine are defective." - Ted Nugent "Self-defense is Nature's eldest law." -John Dryden

07-21-2004, 10:37 AM	#3
Shaun Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 8,776 Images: 1	TN jails are escaped from every day --they aren't very bright down here. Probably using duct tape for the locking mechanisms again __________________ "Homeland Security is the responsibility of an armed citizen" ME http://webpages.charter.net/s.s.v/

07-21-2004, 10:40 AM	#4
colt45 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Occupied Territories of New York (Buffalo) Posts: 2,898	hay now don't be puttin down the uses for redneck rope. (thats what my son calls duck tape) allmost split a gut when i heard him call it that the first time. __________________ "A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity" -Sigmund Freud, General Introduction to Psychoanalysis "If guns cause crime, all of mine are defective." - Ted Nugent "Self-defense is Nature's eldest law." -John Dryden

07-21-2004, 11:00 AM	#5
Shaun Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 8,776 Images: 1	I am thinking about selling it here as an Official TN Auto Body repair kit. I know it will only sell to Native Tennessean's as us imports belive in auto body shops. __________________ "Homeland Security is the responsibility of an armed citizen" ME http://webpages.charter.net/s.s.v/

07-21-2004, 11:03 AM	#6
colt45 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Occupied Territories of New York (Buffalo) Posts: 2,898	don't know i see plenty of trucks up here with it on then. i like great stuff for holes in the rocker pannels though, holds up better. __________________ "A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity" -Sigmund Freud, General Introduction to Psychoanalysis "If guns cause crime, all of mine are defective." - Ted Nugent "Self-defense is Nature's eldest law." -John Dryden

07-21-2004, 12:27 PM	#7
savparts Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 91	Doesn't CCA run the jails??? __________________ [For those who have fought for it, Freedom has a meaning the protected will never know]

07-21-2004, 12:31 PM	#8
Shaun Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 8,776 Images: 1	they are running some of the prisons-- most of the escapes are happening at the county level __________________ "Homeland Security is the responsibility of an armed citizen" ME http://webpages.charter.net/s.s.v/

07-22-2004, 12:40 AM	#9
Despoiler Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The Occupied Territory of California Posts: 2,235	So whats the problem? They came back didn't they?

07-23-2004, 09:51 PM	#10
flipzter Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Mississippi Posts: 47	What better reason to break out of jail than a beer run?? We have county jail breaks down here on a weekly basis. But ours don't return until they're caught.