Nutty Behaviour: A dozen inmates use a peanut butter trick to escape from jail
A dozen inmates use a peanut butter trick to escape from jail
Updated 6:32 AM ET, Tue August 1, 2017
Some crafty inmates at Walker County Jail in Jasper, Alabama came up with a clever trick that got them out of jail.
They "painted" a number with peanut butter over an outside door, making it look like an inside cell door, and then fooled an inexperienced jail guard into unlocking it for them.
The 12 men then skipped out in a jiffy, using blankets to help them climb over the razor wire fence and scatter in all different directions.
The sheriff said the inmates "went off in every direction," but all but one were captured within eight hours, and the sheriff said he hoped the last prisoner would be back in custody by the end of the day Monday.
The 11 were arrested without violence, and the only person seriously hurt was an inmate who sliced his thumb climbing over the fence, the sheriff said.
The fugitives were between 18 and 30, facing charges ranging from disorderly conduct to attempted murder.
A manhunt continued for the last fugitive, Bradley Andrew Kilpatrick, 24, of Cordova, who had been jailed on charges of possessing marijuana and drug paraphernalia. That search was getting some airborne help from a state helicopter.
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