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Attempted Escape in Pontiac

WMBD/WYZZ – PEORIA -  A Pontiac prisoner is back behind bars after he attempts to escape from the correctional facility.  Sunday night, a 23 year old inmate was able to escape from his cell and attack a corrections officer.  The inmate then dressed himself in the officer’s uniform.  The inmate was recognized before he could escape.  The 48 year old correctional sergeant was taken to St. James Hospital in Pontiac. The inmate is a 23-year-old, serving two sentences of four years each from Bond County for Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm, and Escape of a Felon from a Penal Institution. The Illinois Department of Corrections Investigations Unit is investigating the incident.

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By: WMBD/WYZZ TV News Staff
Updated: February 6, 2009

WMBD/WYZZ – PEORIA -  A Pontiac prisoner is back behind bars after he attempts to escape from the correctional facility.  Sunday night, a 23 year old inmate was able to escape from his cell and attack a corrections officer.  The inmate then dressed himself in the officer’s uniform.  The inmate was recognized before he could escape.  The 48 year old correctional sergeant was taken to St. James Hospital in Pontiac. The inmate is a 23-year-old, serving two sentences of four years each from Bond County for Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm, and Escape of a Felon from a Penal Institution. The Illinois Department of Corrections Investigations Unit is investigating the incident.

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