QuoteHICKMAN, Kentucky (AP) -- Officials released a prisoner from a state facility after receiving a phony fax that ordered the man be freed, and didn't catch the mistake for nearly two weeks.
Timothy Rouse, 19, is charged with beating an elderly western Kentucky man and was at the Kentucky Correctional & Psychiatric Center in La Grange for a mental evaluation. He was released from that facility on April 6 after officials received the fake court order.
It contained grammatical errors, was not typed on letterhead and was faxed from a local grocery store. The fax falsely claimed that the Kentucky Supreme Court "demanded" Rouse be released.
Lexington police arrested Rouse at his mother's home Thursday evening.
"It's outrageous that it happened," Fulton County Attorney Rick Major said. "I'm just glad nobody got hurt, because he's dangerous."
Police are still investigating who faxed the phony order.
Attorney Carlos Moran, who is representing Rouse, declined to comment.
Prison officials did not notice that the fax came from a grocery store because policies did not require checking the source of a faxed order, said Greg Taylor, the LaGrange facility's director.
"It's not part of a routine check, but certainly, in hindsight, that would perhaps have caused somebody to ask a question," he said. He added that misspellings on orders are common.
:tpg: My god, how stupid can people be? I thought this was stupid at first...then I read it....
Your first mistake in not noticing the stupidity here was the fact this took place in Kentucky, where stupidity reigns. Well, in eastern Kentucky anyway, which is where this happened. Incest.... is more common than it should be in eastern KY. Good think I live in the western part of the state. >_>
In before Halo-is-an-inbred joke oh wai...
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It contained grammatical errors, was not typed on letterhead and was faxed from a local grocery store...
"I'm just glad nobody got hurt, because he's dangerous."...
Prison officials did not notice that the fax came from a grocery store because policies did not require checking the source of a faxed order...
He added that misspellings on orders are common.
... are parts I took out. Lol. They're are such dumbasses. GOD. Even still, that was pretty dangerous. Which brings up this part....
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"I'm just glad nobody got hurt, because he's dangerous."
Oh come on. We know he's dangerous. That's why he was in jail. Just because you're stupid doesn't mean we are >_>
So a friend with a fax machine is all I need to escape from prison?
Good to know.:O
Quote from: Identity on April 23, 2007, 06:40:31 PM
So a friend with a fax machine is all I need to escape from prison?
Good to know.:O
lol. :tpg:
How did they do that?
I thought that police men were not allowed to "test the potency" of the drugs they find in people's cars?
:pimp:
I think they carry around little white straws.
Quote from: Forcystus on April 23, 2007, 06:49:05 PM
How did they do that?
I thought that police men were not allowed to "test the potency" of the drugs they find in people's cars?
That doesn't mean they don't. =o
I bet some people become cops just to "test the potency" of drugs. And this is only in the state of Kentucky, the Chicken State.
I thought Kentucky is where they "test" fried chicken for poison