Escaped South Carolina inmate may have used drone-delivered wire cutters
Source: Associated Press
Convicted kidnapper Jimmy Causey recaptured two days after apparently using new technique to flee and leaving dummy in his bed
Associated Press
Saturday 8 July 2017 09.28 EDT
A South Carolina inmate broke out of a maximum-security prison using wire cutters apparently flown in by drone, officials said Friday, describing a new and hard-to-stop means of escape.
The convicted kidnapper Jimmy Causey, 46, was recaptured at a Texas motel before daybreak, more than two days after bolting to freedom in a plot worthy of a Hollywood script. It was the second time in 12 years that he had escaped.
This time, he used a smuggled-in cellphone to coordinate the delivery of the breakout tools, investigators said. Then, with dusk approaching on the Fourth of July, he cut through four fences and left a dummy in his bed that fooled his guards. He got an 18-hour head start.
When he was caught, he had about $47,000 in cash, an ID card and two guns on him, authorities said.
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