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2 Inmates Escape From Federal Prison in Chicago
Source: Associated Press
2 Inmates Escape From Federal Prison in Chicago
By By DON BABWIN and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press
CHICAGO December 18, 2012 (AP)
Two convicted bank robbers used a knotted rope or bed sheets to escape from a federal prison window high above downtown Chicago early Tuesday, a week after one of them made a courtroom vow of retribution.
The escape occurred sometime between 5 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. when the inmates were discovered missing, Chicago Police Sgt. Mark Lazarro said. Hours later, what appeared to be a rope, knotted at six-foot intervals, could be seen dangling into an alley from a window of the Metropolitan Correctional Center approximately 20 stories above the ground.
Jose Banks, 37, and Kenneth Conley, 38, had been wearing prison-issue orange jumpsuits, but now might be wearing white t-shirts, gray sweat pants and white gym shoes, Lazarro said.
The FBI said in a statement that the men were last seen together in the Tinley Park area, about 25 miles southwest of Chicago, and that they should be considered armed and dangerous. Police SWAT teams stormed a Tinley Park home early in the afternoon, but it was not immediately clear what they found.
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By By DON BABWIN and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press
CHICAGO December 18, 2012 (AP)
Two convicted bank robbers used a knotted rope or bed sheets to escape from a federal prison window high above downtown Chicago early Tuesday, a week after one of them made a courtroom vow of retribution.
The escape occurred sometime between 5 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. when the inmates were discovered missing, Chicago Police Sgt. Mark Lazarro said. Hours later, what appeared to be a rope, knotted at six-foot intervals, could be seen dangling into an alley from a window of the Metropolitan Correctional Center approximately 20 stories above the ground.
Jose Banks, 37, and Kenneth Conley, 38, had been wearing prison-issue orange jumpsuits, but now might be wearing white t-shirts, gray sweat pants and white gym shoes, Lazarro said.
The FBI said in a statement that the men were last seen together in the Tinley Park area, about 25 miles southwest of Chicago, and that they should be considered armed and dangerous. Police SWAT teams stormed a Tinley Park home early in the afternoon, but it was not immediately clear what they found.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/inmates-escape-federal-prison-chicago-18005923
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While it sounds like a classic plot from a 1930s prison-escape movie, if you know this building, designed by the great Chicago architect Harry Weese in 1971, the windows are only 5 inches wide (and 7 feet tall)--mere slits. It's a very recognizable structure in the otherwise impressive landscape of Chicago architecture.
Maybe they were in some other part of the building with more accessible windows. I'll have to read further.
