LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) —
Two inmates at a Louisville, Kentucky, jail could have used a course in knot-tying when authorities say they plotted an escape using bed sheets.
Officials say the men escaped to the roof of a minimum-security building Monday night and used a rope made of bed sheets to climb down about four floors. Metro Corrections Director Mark Bolton says 29-year-old Matthew Johnson was climbing down when a knot on the sheets came loose, dropping him about 20 feet. He then fled.
Police learned of the escape around 9 p.m., when a hospital worker saw Johnson climbing down.
The second inmate, 37-year-old Christopher Cornelius, didn't risk the climb and was found on the roof.
Bolton says Johnson was found hiding in a car during a traffic stop early Tuesday morning. He injured his ankle and back and remained hospitalized Tuesday.
Both men were in jail on drug charges.
Prisoner uses bed sheets in escape, falls when knot slips
- Wednesday, 23 September 2015 14:48
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