Posted on 02/14/2006 11:34:43 AM PST by george76
A Cook County Jail guard has admitted to investigators that he helped six inmates escape over the weekend to give a political advantage to a former jail supervisor running for sheriff...
The 36-year-old guard confessed that he allowed a convicted killer, two accused robbers and two others charged with aggravated kidnapping and battery to bust out of the jail to cast a shadow on Sheriff Michael Sheahan's management of the complex at 26th and California.
The guard knew the negative publicity would hurt Sheahan's chief of staff, Tom Dart, who is running for sheriff...
And the guard admitted he helped engineer the escape to give a political boost to Richard Remus, a candidate in the Democratic primary election ...
At least two other guards, including a sergeant as well as three civilians, also are under investigation for possibly helping the inmates escape...
Later, the guard allegedly told investigators he handcuffed himself and allowed the inmate to don his uniform as part of the escape ...
Sunday's jail escape was the third there in 10 months...
(Excerpt) Read more at suntimes.com ...
Chicago politics.
Of course it was an inside job. They do keep the prisoners in the jail, don't they?
I thought this was a thread about Yemen. Ouch.
Sounds like Yemen.
So it appears that they were all recaptured. Good work there. I guess it gets pretty bad, putting society at risk for politics. Disgusting. This could happen anywhere now.
Thats pretty much the democrats M.O.
Just a Democrat doing what Democrats do.
For the good ole days of Chicago politics where votes for democrats were dug up from the cemetary precints.
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