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Bank robbers escape from high-rise jail
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December 20, 2012, Thursday
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A massive manhunt is under way for two bank robbers who pulled off a daring escape from downtown Chicago's high-rise jail on Tuesday by apparently squeezing through a narrow window and scaling down about 20 stories using a makeshift rope tied to the bars in a cell window.
Police helicopters and canine units swarmed the area, but not until more than three hours after Joseph "Jose" Banks and Kenneth Conley went unaccounted for during a 5am headcount.
Investigators found a broken window in the men's cell, where window bars were found inside a mattress. Fake metal bars also were found in the men's cell, a rope was tied to a window bar, and each man's bed was stuffed with clothing and sheets to resemble a body.
It appeared to illustrate a meticulously planned escape from the 27-story facility that came a week after Banks made a courtroom vow of retribution. Both men are facing hefty prison sentences, and the FBI said they should be considered armed and dangerous.
Hours after the escape, a rope possibly made of bed sheets could be seen dangling down the side of the Metropolitan Correctional Center. At least 61 meters long and knotted about every 1.8 meters, the rope was hanging from a window that was 1.8 meters tall but only 15 centimeters in diameter.
The facility is one of the only skyscraper lockups in the world.
Police helicopters and canine units swarmed the area, but not until more than three hours after Joseph "Jose" Banks and Kenneth Conley went unaccounted for during a 5am headcount.
Investigators found a broken window in the men's cell, where window bars were found inside a mattress. Fake metal bars also were found in the men's cell, a rope was tied to a window bar, and each man's bed was stuffed with clothing and sheets to resemble a body.
It appeared to illustrate a meticulously planned escape from the 27-story facility that came a week after Banks made a courtroom vow of retribution. Both men are facing hefty prison sentences, and the FBI said they should be considered armed and dangerous.
Hours after the escape, a rope possibly made of bed sheets could be seen dangling down the side of the Metropolitan Correctional Center. At least 61 meters long and knotted about every 1.8 meters, the rope was hanging from a window that was 1.8 meters tall but only 15 centimeters in diameter.
The facility is one of the only skyscraper lockups in the world.
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