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Inmate escapes from max-security prison in South Carolina using tools dropped from a drone
Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:21 pm
Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:21 pm
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A South Carolina inmate used wire cutters and other "tools" like mobile phones believed to be dropped from a drone to coordinate his escape from a maximum-security prison. The inmate wasn't noticed missing for 18 hours, prison officials said Friday.
South Carolina Department of Corrections
Jimmy Causey was arrested Friday in Austin, Texas, about 1,200 miles away from the Lieber Correctional Institution outside Charleston, authorities said. Prison officials believe the 46-year-old man (PDF), serving a life sentence for kidnapping his attorney, escaped around 8pm on July 4. The authorities had not realized the convict was gone until about 2pm the next afternoon. Causey had cut through four fences to escape.
"We 100 percent know a cellphone was used or multiple cellphones were used while he was incarcerated, and we believe a drone was used to fly in the tools that allowed him to escape," Bryan Stirling, director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections, said, according to The New York Times.
South Carolina officials were still investigating the incident, which included Causey placing a dummy in his bed to fool prison guards. He was arrested around 3am at an Austin motel, where he was sleeping after the authorities received a tip.
When arrested, the authorities said he had four mobile phones, $47,654 in cash, a pistol, and a shotgun.
It's the second time Causey escaped. In 2005, he escaped by hiding in a trash truck with another inmate. He was on the run for three days before a pizza delivery driver alerted authorities.
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Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:22 pm to Street Hawk
pretty awesome. props to him
Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:22 pm to Street Hawk
Good, maybe this will lead to very tight regulations on drone air space.
Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:25 pm to Geauxtiga
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Good, maybe this will lead to very tight regulations on drone air space.
Because a guy trying to escape from prison and his accomplice would be worried about following the rules?
Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:25 pm to Street Hawk
Shawshank 2017: Red is the name of Andy's drone
Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:25 pm to Street Hawk
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When arrested, the authorities said he had four mobile phones, $47,654 in cash, a pistol, and a shotgun.
I'm a free man and would have trouble raising $476.54 in cash
Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:28 pm to SG_Geaux
quote:Yeah, I guess you're right.
Because a guy trying to escape from prison and his accomplice would be worried about following the rules?
Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:29 pm to Street Hawk
Must suck to plan all that out and be successful only to be caught almost immediately
Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:30 pm to Street Hawk
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It's the second time Causey escaped. In 2005, he escaped by hiding in a trash truck with another inmate. He was on the run for three days before a pizza delivery driver alerted authorities.
catch him and kill him. Done and done.
Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:31 pm to Street Hawk
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officials were still investigating the incident, which included Causey placing a dummy in his bed to fool prison guards
Nice to see with all this technology, he still made use of the old ferris beuller technique
Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:31 pm to Street Hawk
I can see his "Things To Do" list-
Kill Attorney
Kill Pizza Delivery Man
Stay Free
Kill Attorney
Kill Pizza Delivery Man
Stay Free
Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:31 pm to weadjust
He seems pretty good at everything but the not getting caught part
Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:35 pm to Street Hawk
he has $48k found on him in less then 18 hours after getting out of prison WTF !!!!!!!!!!!!
This post was edited on 7/7/17 at 5:37 pm
Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:37 pm to weadjust
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I'm a free man and would have trouble raising $476.54 in cash
Almost gotta respect this guy's hustle.
Kidnapped his own attorney previously. Honestly I'd love to hear more about this fella. Bet he's got some stories to tell.
Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:40 pm to Street Hawk
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When arrested, the authorities said he had four mobile phones, $47,654 in cash, a pistol, and a shotgun.
And this dumb meet got caught? 47k is enough to make it to Mexico easily.
Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:41 pm to CrimsonTideMD
Bet it was his ex wife's attorney.
Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:46 pm to Street Hawk
quote:got to be more to it than that. Who gets life for kidnapping?
life sentence for kidnapping his attorney,
Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:56 pm to Street Hawk
Your almost to the border and you stop in Austin? He deserved to get caught.
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