Sheriff: Inmate hid hacksaw in bible
AP
Published: October 7, 2008
Published: October 7, 2008
DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) _ Houston County Sheriff Andy Hughes says an inmate’s bid to escape the county jail on Saturday was foiled by a correctional officer.
He said 19-year-old Gregory Antonio Patterson used a hidden hacksaw to cut through a cell bar.
He said an observant correctional officer saw the damaged and searched Patterson’s cell.
Hughes said deputies found the hacksaw in the back cover of a bible.
Patterson, who awaits trial for two armed robberies, now faces an escape charge.
Investigators are trying to learn who smuggled the hacksaw into the jail.
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