Feb 12, 2006 11:54 pm US/Eastern
3rd Inmate Caught In Illinois Jailbreak
OAK PARK, Ill. (AP) ―
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Law enforcement officials conduct a manhunt for four of six inmates who escaped from the Cook County Jail in Chicago. Ill.
AP
Six inmates — including two who are charged with murder — escaped during the night by overpowering a guard at the understaffed county jail, authorities said. Three were captured Sunday.
The men escaped late Saturday from a special unit at Cook County Jail for inmates with disciplinary problems. One guard was on duty instead of two because of staffing shortages, said county Sheriff's Department spokesman Bill Cunningham.
One inmate threw hot water from a shower on the guard and held him at bay with a homemade knife, then handcuffed the guard and put on his uniform, officials said.
That inmate was caught after opening doors to let the other six inmates out. They got over a barbed wire fence and onto the streets.
Two inmates were captured Sunday about 7 miles from the jail in Oak Park. They were identified as Arnold Joyner, 43, charged with theft and battery; and David Earnest, 38, charged with murder.
A third inmate, 30-year-old Michael McIntosh of Chicago, was arrested Sunday evening, said Chicago police spokeswoman JoAnn Taylor. McIntosh is charged with aggravated battery with a firearm.
The three at large Sunday were Franciso Romero, 23, charged with murder; Eric Bernard, 22, charged with armed robbery; and Tyrone Everhart, 28, charged with aggravated kidnapping and attempting to escape from the courthouse in south suburban Markham.
It was the second jail break since Friday. An inmate facing armed robbery charges broke out Friday by apparently slipping into a laundry truck, but he was arrested Saturday at a suburban motel, authorities said.
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