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ABC News - Two 'Dangerous' Inmates Escaped From Texas Jail
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Texas authorities are using helicopters and dogs to search for two "dangerous" Texas inmates who escaped from jail this morning by squeezing through a gate, leaving behind their black and white prison suits on the railroad tracks behind the jail.
Authorities believe Brian Tucker, 44, and John King, 39, escaped from Hopkins County Jail in Sulphur Springs, Texas, at around 8:30 a.m. today. The jail has approximately 80 inmates who are held there while they await trial.
"Both are considered dangerous," Deputy Alvin Jordan of the Hopkins County Sheriff's Office told ABCNews.com.
Area schools are on lockdown and businesses are on high alert, according to police.
Tucker was awaiting trial in jail for capital murder charges and King had been indicted for evading arrest.
"They were put out on rec yard to have outside rec and undoubtedly squeezed through the gate and took off," Jordan said. "We did find their black and whites about 100 yards behind the facility."
The recreation yard is an open space with a high fence and Hopkins County Sheriff Butch Adams said someone was supposed to be watching the inmates.
Tucker and King were both segregated from other inmates because of the types of crimes they have committed, according to Jordan.
Search dogs tracked their scents northeast, Adams said at a news conference.
"Right now, we don't know if they split up or if they're still together," Adams said. "We found their uniforms when they discarded them on the road behind us and the dogs tracking them and we found footprints."
It is unknown what the men are wearing or whether they may have used some kind of transportation after leaving the jail yard, Jordan said.
Asked if there is any reason to believe they could be armed, Jordan said, "At this point, unless they picked up anything from here to where they're at, the weapons part is unknown."
Their only known connection at this time is that they were inmates at the same time in the same jail with no known previous ties.
"We've still got a perimeter up and hopefully we'll find the," Adams told ABC News. "I've got a lot of good people and volunteers that have come in from other counties."
Authorities are warning people to be careful and call 911 if they see the men.
"If they're spotted, make sure they lock their doors, call 911 and tell us what area they're in," Jordan said. "Don't try to let them approach you."
Tucker is 5-foot-7-inches and about 170 pounds. He has brown eyes, brown hair and multiple tattoos. King is 5-foot-8-inches and 165 pounds. He has black hair, hazel eyes and multiple tattoos.
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Are they headed for Thailand do you think? The one on the right with his tattoos looks as though he would fit right into the Pattaya scene.
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My god why do people squander their lives? I am not religious ,and believe we do not get a second chance at it (life) it is so difficult to even survive in some 3rd world countries, but to be born in a developed western country,where the opportunities are there,is in human lottery terms hitting the jackpot!
We are a strange species!
Yes I know about the social problems,lack of / refusal of education ,housing issues, job opportunities etc etc. . I am not unsympathetic to the disadvantaged, but a life of crime is not the answer,it's throwing away ones life.
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Neal, is that you on the left? Can't see the braces. :happy7:
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Originally Posted by Zebedee
it is so difficult to even survive in some 3rd world countries, but to be born in a developed western country,where the opportunities are there,is in human lottery terms hitting the jackpot!
Having seen how hard immigrants work and the risks they take to get themselves established in a new country... I have to agree with this.
My ex was poor, even by Thai standards but now owns several successful businesses. He really looks down on beggars and homeless men around Sydney. He just can't understand them at all, especially when they are young. He says, they have two hands, two feet, how can they not be able to support themselves in this country?
He can't understand why anyone would let themselves slide to the level of being homeless or resorting to crime.
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Are the two kinda above on topic?
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Originally Posted by Beachlover
He can't understand why anyone would let themselves slide to the level of being homeless or resorting to crime.
Many of the "homeless" in Australias streets would previously have been locked away because they are mentally ill the others have some foirm of addiction for which they need treatment however Im not surprised a friend of Beachlover wopuld look down on such people.
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Originally Posted by BrisbaneGuy
]Many of the "homeless" in Australias streets would previously have been locked away because they are mentally ill the others have some foirm of addiction for which they need treatment however Im not surprised a friend of Beachlover wopuld look down on such people.
Nowadays many of those are able to swindle the system to get mentally disturbed pensions ,and use the money to travel
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Originally Posted by lonelywombat
Nowadays many of those are able to swindle the system to get mentally disturbed pensions ,and use the money to travel
Can you give us all the Web link to the page that shows us what this "mentally disturbed pension" is and what the travel rules are???
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It has been published on sawatdee before and a number of copies are saved.
Why should we teach you what you already know?
