Posted on 04/22/2007 4:09:09 AM PDT by Daffynition
HICKMAN, Kentucky (AP) - Officials mistakenly released a prisoner from a Kentucky facility after receiving a phony fax that ordered him freed, and it took them nearly two weeks to realize it.
The fax contained grammatical errors, was not typed on letterhead and was sent from a local grocery store. The fax falsely claimed that the Kentucky Supreme Court "demanded" Timothy Rouse be released.
Rouse, 19, is charged with beating an elderly man and was at the Kentucky Correctional & Psychiatric Center in La Grange for a mental evaluation. He was released April 6 after officials received the fake court order.
Lexington police arrested Rouse at his mother's home Thursday evening.
"It's outrageous that it happened," Fulton County Attorney Rick Major said. "I'm just glad nobody got hurt because he's dangerous."
Police are still investigating who faxed the letter.
Attorney Carlos Moran, who is representing Rouse, declined to comment.
Prison officials did not notice that the fax came from the grocery store because policies did not require checking the source of a faxed order, said the LaGrange facility's director, Greg Taylor.
"It's not part of a routine check, but certainly, in hindsight, that would perhaps have caused somebody to ask a question," he said. Misspellings on orders are common, he said.
... and furthermore, he didn’t report for his flight physical!
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"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
In out, our paychecks come in every two weeks. Wadda we care?
Goberment, high cost, low quality and always late.
For all we know, it may be a new policy to reduce the overcrowding in prisons, eh?
Authorities became suspicious when someone noticed the signature at the bottom of the fax: I. P. Freely.
Hah! I saw a yute with a personalized license plate of IPFRLY.
What indicates that this has anything to do with liberalism--ok, other than the prison employees being idiots?
They're stupid, lazy state employees.
“Misspellings on orders are common, he said.”
Lol.
Dan Rather is investigating this - stay tuned for a special report...
LOL.
I enjoyed the fact that he was found at his mom’s house two weeks later....good ole mom.
Ah yes. As long as "policies did not require..." nobody did anything wrong. After all there is not a requirement for thinking as long as there are "policies."
State employees don’t think. They “feel”...
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Aprill 13, 2005
To hoom it may concern.
Prisoner Timothy Rouse must be releesed at wonce cuz the Supreme Court said so.
We won’t ax you again.
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All in all, this is a pretty clever jailbreak! Whoever sent the fax might not have been an educated criminal, but certainly knew that he had at least a 50/50 shot at getting over on the prison staff. It worked, but the escapee went home to mama. Now he should be charged with gross stupidity.
“Dear Mr. Kotter,
Epstein couldn’t do his homework today on accounta I was sick.
Sincerely,
Epstein’s Mom”
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