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Inmate escapes 1 day ahead of release
An inmate who was scheduled to be released from jail Friday escaped from the Stanislaus County Men's Honor Farm on Thursday morning, a Stanislaus County sheriff's spokesman said.
About 10:30 a.m., Silbestre Penaloza Menera, 32, of Modesto escaped through a gate that was opening to let a vehicle leave the Honor Farm property, said deputy Royjindar Singh.
He said Menera had just finished eating lunch and was returning to the inmate yard when he ran out of the minimum-security facility through the opened gate.
The inmates are housed in military-style barracks and are assigned to crews to work at the facility and off site.
Deputies chased Menera but lost sight of him when he ran into a cornfield with stalks as high as 9 feet tall, Singh said.
The deputies quickly created a perimeter around the cornfield and waited for a sheriff's K-9 unit and a sheriff's helicopter to arrive and join the manhunt.
While other deputies remained on the perimeter, the helicopter and the K-9 unit searched the cornfield for about two hours, Singh said.
Menera was booked at the jail Wednesday after being remanded from court. Singh said Menera had been sentenced to serve five days with two days' credit for time already served on charges of driving under the influence and was scheduled to be released Friday.
Menera also had a second driving under influence case pending in the court system. Singh said Menera was charged on suspicion of misdemeanor driving under the influence in both cases.
Menera was wearing jail-issued blue jeans and a blue shirt with "Stanislaus County Jail" or "Honor Farm" in white letters on the shirt, but authorities one Friday they are no longer actively pursuing him. But if they encounter him, they will arrest him, a sheriff's spokesman said. An inmate who was scheduled to be released from jail Friday escaped from the Stanislaus County Men's Honor Farm on Thursday morni... more -
Monkey uses hosepipe to escape Zoo
A spider monkey new to the city's Washington Park Zoo used a garden hose to scale the walls of a moat and make a break for freedom.
Workers were cleaning the moat at the time Wednesday. Zoo Director Johnny Martinez says workers had figured the monkeys would remain inside their enclosure during the cleaning even though the moat was empty of water. A spider monkey new to the city's Washington Park Zoo used a garden hose to scale the walls of a moat and make a break for freedo... more -
Taliban attacks Afghan prison, 1,000 prisoners escape
"Taliban fighters have attacked the main prison in Kanadahar in southern Afghanistan, blasting through its entrance and engaging in a gun battle with police. Nearly all of the estimated 1,150 prisoners, including some 400 Taliban, have escaped, Afghan officials have said.
Fighters attacked the main prison in Kandahar on Friday with a car bomb and rockets, killing police and freeing prisoners, according to the officials. A suicide car bomber blew up his vehicle at the gates of the prison, Sarwar Danish, the Afghan justice minister said.
Officials with Nato's International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said they were aware of the attack but did not have any details.
Hashem Ahelbarra, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Afghanistan, quoted a Taliban spokesperson as saying that two suicide bombers blew themselves up near the entrance of the gate to the prison before 30 Taliban fighters attacked and killed 16 policemen.
"The Taliban spokeperson said they had freed 400 Taliban fighters and there were around 1,300 prisoners in the jail, including common criminals," he said. "It was a co-ordinated attack and they [Taliban fighters] got assistance from the guards within the jail."
A police official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said: "There was an explosion at the main gate of the prison, apparently a car bomb, followed by an assault by a number of Taliban with small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. They went into the prison and freed a number of political prisoners. There's still sporadic fire inside the prison; I don't know how many people attacked and how many prisoners were freed."
An Afghan intelligence official said separately there had been at least one explosion and that some prisoners were believed to have escaped. Afghan and foreign troops were outside the prison, the intelligence official said.
Kandahar jail was the scene of a mass hunger strike by hundreds of inmates in May, during which 47 of the prisoners sewed their lips shut after complaining they had been tortured and denied fair trials. Prisoners, including al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters, rioted at the country's main Pul-e-Charki jail in Kabul in February 2006, taking control of a block and leaving several people injured." "Taliban fighters have attacked the main prison in Kanadahar in southern Afghanistan, blasting through its entrance and engaging... more -
Orangutan's big escape, short lived.
Bruno, a 29 year old orangutan, was able to escape from his enclosure in the Los Angeles Zoo.
The ape roamed free for twenty minutes, before being captured by zookeepers.
Instead of trying to escape, he just in an area behind his pen. If I were him, I'd see what the sloths were up to. Bruno, a 29 year old orangutan, was able to escape from his enclosure in the Los Angeles Zoo. ... more -
The Great Escape
Da...da...da....dadaaaaadada.........The great escape....no tunnels needed....no 3 hours needed in the world of film.
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Thousands Flee Violence In Zimbabwe & Escape Into South Africa.
This New York Times article is about how a Zimbabwean woman named Sarah Ngewerume and her child flees across the border into South Africa.
Please read This New York Times article is about how a Zimbabwean woman named Sarah Ngewerume and her child flees across the border into South Afr... more -
Maze escaper is arrested in Texas
Wow. HOW do they do it. We're not having money nicked off from politicians. Anyhow, A Maze escaper has been arrested at a border patrol in the United States, American officials have said.
He was arrested by officers at a border checkpoint in southern Texas on Monday night.
The US Border Patrol have refused to identify him, but said he was awaiting deportation.
It said he had been serving a 23-year prison sentence in Northern Ireland on charges of possessing a bomb and a firearm.
The man produced an out-of-date immigration document at the Sarita checkpoint near Brownsville.
The man was identified through fingerprinting after a search of his background through the Joint Terrorism Task Force and Interpol.
"The subject was arrested and is pending deportation proceedings back to his country of origin," said the US Border Patrol.
'Biggest search operation'
Ronald D. Vitiello, chief patrol agent for the Rio Grande Valley Sector, said: "The primary purpose of checkpoint operations is to support enhanced national security efforts that deter, detect and prevent the threat of further terrorist attacks against the United States.
"Consequently, law enforcement partnerships, coupled with Border Patrol checkpoint operation, continue to be a reliable means of detecting people who would attempt to enter the United States illegally and threaten the integrity of border security."
38 republican prisoners escaped from the Maze in 1983
The biggest jail break in the UK history took place from the high security Maze prison on 25 September 1983. On that day 38 republican prisoners escaped.
Prison officer James Ferris died of a heart attack after being stabbed while attempting to stop the jail break.
Security forces mounted the biggest search operation Northern Ireland had ever seen within minutes of the escape.
Ten of the prisoners were recaptured in the first few hours, but the remainder went on the run.
In 1997, a republican prisoner escaped from the jail disguised as a woman, during a Christmas party.
The Maze prison closed in September 2000 as a result of the Good Friday Agreement's early release scheme. Wow. HOW do they do it. We're not having money nicked off from politicians. Anyhow, A Maze escaper has been arrested at a border ... more -
Guard Who Helped Inmates Escape Kills Himself
A guard who was named in a cheeky thank-you note left by two jail inmates when they chiseled their way out of their cells has committed suicide, his lawyer said Wednesday. A guard who was named in a cheeky thank-you note left by two jail inmates when they chiseled their way out of their cells has committe... more
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Prison escapee shot and killed
Wow, this is like the third prison escape I have heard about (the other two: India prison escape and the Shawshank Redemption copy cat prison escape.)
What happened: A prisoner who overpowered five security guards at a suburban hospital, took their weapons, shot a driver and then stole several cars has been shot and killed by police, authorities said Wednesday. Wow, this is like the third prison escape I have heard about (the other two: India prison escape and the Shawshank Redemption copy cat... more -
Real-Life Shawshank Jail Break
Two inmates used pin-ups of bikini babes to hide holes in the wall that eventually led to their escape.
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Escaped Buddhist Monk offers insights into Myanmar Protests
On Oct. 18th. Ashin Kovida, a Buddhist monk in Thailand escaped from twenty one days in hiding. Fleeing from the pursing Burmese military, Kovida is considered to be one of the main organizers of the September pro democracy protests which gripped the world as monks and citizens lined the streets of Yangoon. Considered a "wanted man" by the Burmese military, Kovida has sought refuge across the border in Thailand.
Now, a week after his escape, Kovida has begun offering the world his insightful knowledge of the historic protests. On Oct. 18th. Ashin Kovida, a Buddhist monk in Thailand escaped from twenty one days in hiding. Fleeing from the pursing Burmese milit... more
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