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2 Virginia Inmates Tunnel Out Of Jail With A Toothbrush And Travel 7 Miles To Go To IHOP, Cops Said
Breaking 911 ^ | March 22, 2023

Posted on 03/22/2023 11:22:35 PM PDT by McGruff

The Newport News Sheriff’s Office says that two inmates, aged 37 and 43, went missing from their cell in the Newport News jail annex during a routine head count on Monday evening.

The men used improvised tools made from a toothbrush and a metal object to exploit a weakness in the jail’s construction design and access rebars between the walls. They then used the rebar to further their escape and scaled a containment wall around the jail.

The authorities sought the public’s help to locate the men, and they were subsequently apprehended early Tuesday at an IHOP restaurant in Hampton, following a tip from other patrons.

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1 posted on 03/22/2023 11:22:35 PM PDT by McGruff
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I just wanted some pancakes man.

2 posted on 03/22/2023 11:23:27 PM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: McGruff

following a tip from other patrons.


3 posted on 03/22/2023 11:29:40 PM PDT by freepersup (“Those who conceal crimes are preparing to commit new ones.” ~Vuk Draskovic~)
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Well, I hope they let them finish their meal.


4 posted on 03/22/2023 11:36:54 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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The Newport News Sheriff’s Office says that two inmates, aged 37 and 43, went missing from their cell in the Newport News jail annex during a routine head count on Monday evening.

Does the full article explain what they are "in" for?

Regards,

5 posted on 03/22/2023 11:42:00 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: McGruff

Rooty Shooty Fresh & Looty!


6 posted on 03/22/2023 11:56:46 PM PDT by twister881
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That would make a great commercial.
Spend 7 years tunnelling outband all.you qantnis breakfast at the Ihop.


7 posted on 03/22/2023 11:58:03 PM PDT by Jonty30 (It is not how many that go into Mexico that counts. It is how many that return from Mexico.)
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Why IHOP instead of a Waffle House?


8 posted on 03/22/2023 11:58:08 PM PDT by Rockingham
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To: McGruff

That would make a great commercial.
Spend 7 years tunnelling out and all you want is breakfast at the Ihop.


9 posted on 03/22/2023 11:58:43 PM PDT by Jonty30 (It is not how many that go into Mexico that counts. It is how many that return from Mexico.)
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Demographics...


10 posted on 03/23/2023 12:00:53 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (Stand Fast! God knows what He is doing!)
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Standards.


11 posted on 03/23/2023 12:02:31 AM PDT by Jonty30 (It is not how many that go into Mexico that counts. It is how many that return from Mexico.)
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You'll have to pry these pancakes from my cold dead hands.

12 posted on 03/23/2023 12:15:37 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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they were subsequently apprehended... following a tip from other patrons.

Their stripped pajamas gave them away?

13 posted on 03/23/2023 12:17:57 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Jonty30; Smokin' Joe

I am feeling a bit down market. For about five years, when living in Tallahassee, I frequented a nearby Waffle House about twice a month for a quick breakfast and was often the only white person in the place. As always in restaurants, I was pleasant to the servers and tipped generously — and was consistently treated well.


14 posted on 03/23/2023 12:18:09 AM PDT by Rockingham
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C’mon man, not even First Watch?


15 posted on 03/23/2023 12:23:29 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Rockingham

I’m guessing a couple of guys in the pen are used to hanging with their ‘group’ and might feel uncomfortable with a more diverse clientele.

Me, I don’t have problems unless someone else brings them, wherever I go.


16 posted on 03/23/2023 12:42:42 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (Stand Fast! God knows what He is doing!)
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Bacon, eggs, hash browns, coffee, Waffle House is the winner. I guess those guys were looking for pancakes.


17 posted on 03/23/2023 12:47:31 AM PDT by Roadrunner383
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One Friday evening at the Waffle House stands out in my memory. Several rowdy black kids had gathered in the parking lot and were smoking dope as I was paying my tab. The black manager was working the register and asked me to wait a moment. Then he and a black cook with a baseball bat at the ready preemptively went out and ran the miscreants off. As I thanked them, the manager said, “That’s what you get when there is no father at home and no church on Sunday.” That succinctly sums up many volumes of conservative research and commentary.


18 posted on 03/23/2023 1:05:50 AM PDT by Rockingham
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To: Roadrunner383
The late Anthony Bourdain liked Waffle House, and there was one in Atlanta that he especially favored. He noted that cab drivers also liked it — a sure sign that it was the place to get a good, quick, cheap meal.
19 posted on 03/23/2023 1:13:57 AM PDT by Rockingham
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To: McGruff

They should have run, not hopped.


20 posted on 03/23/2023 1:16:19 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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