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Federal inmates caught escaping prison and returning with whiskey
washington examiner ^ | 10/14/2019 | Zachary Halaschak

Posted on 10/14/2019 7:34:18 PM PDT by bitt

Four federal prison inmates have been charged after law enforcement say they repeatedly escaped prison only to return each time with contraband.

The men, 34-year-old Julian Lemus, Robert Young, 45, Leo Martinez, 25, and 35-year-old Silvstre Rico were nabbed by U.S. Marshals last week as they escaped from the Beaumont Federal Correctional Institute complex in Texas, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

Marshals said that they began surveillance after “repeated reports” of prisoners continuing to escape and bring back contraband such as whiskey and cellphones into the complex, which houses both low- and medium-security inmates.

“Investigators observed 4 males leave the prison grounds and cut through a neighboring ranch. The inmates ran when they saw the Law Enforcement Officers step out of the brush. All 4 inmates were quickly taken into custody,” the statement reads.

It remains unclear where the contraband items came from or how the prisoners were escaping from the facility itself.

The four men were charged with escape.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: beaumont; chat; federalinmates; julianlemus; leomartinez; localnews; robertyoung; silvstrerico; texas
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To: bitt

Beats hooch made from prunes or fruit cocktail ;)


21 posted on 10/14/2019 8:05:08 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: bitt

I never think it is a good idea to mix prisoners that represent different security levels in the same facility.

I think the most stringent security possible, for preventing escape, needs to be in place no matter the security level of the prisoners.

The only differences with respect the prisoners security level belong in internal operations alone, not in how hard it is to escape.


22 posted on 10/14/2019 8:07:49 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: mylife

“Beats hooch made from prunes or fruit cocktail ;)”

Also beats that other prison favorite Jenkem.


23 posted on 10/14/2019 8:11:21 PM PDT by Clay Moore (“Those Who Can Make You Believe Absurdities, Can Make You Commit Atrocities” Voltaire.)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

I’d let them slide if it were rye whiskey. AND they shared.


24 posted on 10/14/2019 8:11:52 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Bipolars have more fun. No we don't.)
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To: Clay Moore

And it gets you out for a bit.. :)


25 posted on 10/14/2019 8:16:24 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: abigkahuna

Gotta give em credit for coming back each time...


Heck....these crooks aren’t about to give up their taxpayer paid room and board.

They get ALL of the comforts of home, even if they have to sneak out once a week to fetch their whiskey (and no telling what else).


26 posted on 10/14/2019 8:28:24 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: bitt

It may be discovered that one of the prisoners was employed part time at a local gas station.

According to the owner; “He was one of our best employees! I never asked where he came from or where he was going after the shift. Weren’t none o’ my business!”


27 posted on 10/14/2019 8:34:37 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: bitt

Somebody squealed!


28 posted on 10/14/2019 8:35:24 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: lee martell

Nunya


29 posted on 10/14/2019 8:49:41 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: bitt

HA! Guess they had a good deal going on there!


30 posted on 10/14/2019 8:51:01 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: bitt

Well, hell, who has not needed to make a quick booze store run?


31 posted on 10/14/2019 8:56:36 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: DannyTN

LOL- good one


32 posted on 10/14/2019 9:10:22 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: bitt

Well, we let the Clintons and the Bidens walk free...


33 posted on 10/14/2019 9:20:43 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (This space for rent.)
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To: lee martell

No lotto and no gas out of liquor stores in Texas. That would be next door! TBAC. Texas alphabet agency.


34 posted on 10/14/2019 9:33:43 PM PDT by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: bitt

Lawyer would argue that they were just shopping and if his Honor was in prison he would need a drink also!


35 posted on 10/14/2019 9:46:40 PM PDT by Lockbox
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To: bitt
My back yard...literally.
The nearest convenience store is about 5-6 miles down the highway. (365 and Spur 93 (SE on map))
The nearest liquor store (middle eastern owned) is about 2-3 miles further down the road.
They can stay off of the road for most of the trip simply by cutting across the fields and then using the road on top of the levee.

About 15 miles total if they did that.
NOBODY offers rides on that road due to previous escapes.
36 posted on 10/14/2019 9:59:27 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: bitt
I stand corrected.
map

I forgot about the new store in Viterbo (liquor shop 2)
More likely to be seen there too as you have to pass through a residential area.
Either way, there are a limited number of places they can get whiskey.

37 posted on 10/14/2019 10:06:26 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: bitt

Community custody minimum security prison with no fence or not much of one

This happens at many of them

Poontang rendezvous with wifey too

And so on

They get caught all the time

FEDERAL PRISON CAMPS ARE FULL OF CRYBABY SNITCHING RATS

That is who gets that Bureau of Prisons classification ....community custody stamp on ones jacket...file

burn them all down

Evacuate them post facto ....just one man’s view

Real men who commit crimes go to the pen..

Not some “camp” full of tattletales


38 posted on 10/14/2019 10:12:03 PM PDT by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you)
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To: bitt
From 2018...
Federal prisoner escapes, caught returning to facilityThe release said Jefferson County narcotics investigators and federal marshals set up surveillance around 5:45 p.m. Wednesday and saw a vehicle stop on the private property.
Almost two hours later, the news release said, an inmate later identified as Hansen ran from the federal facility, picked up a duffle bag containing contraband and ran back toward the prison. Deputies then made the arrest.
Authorities said the bag contained three bottles of brandy, a bottle of whiskey, bags of tobacco, packaged snacks, fruit and home-cooked food. Hidden inside some of bag’s contents was 32.9 grams of marijuana, Holmes said.
Previous escapes, as I said. They got problems there!!!
39 posted on 10/14/2019 10:14:22 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: bitt
Local news...

Four inmates escape federal prison complex in Jefferson County, recaptured with whiskey, cellphones

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office and the U.S. Marshall's will continue our efforts to work together to make Jefferson County a safer place to live. In the meantime, we aren't giving up our guns and we're going to keep ourselves safe. I KNOW the people around here and we're all of the same mind on that particular issue.
40 posted on 10/14/2019 10:21:21 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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