Scott City jail inmates cover up wall hole with batter
Monday, June 25, 2007
Inmates in the Scott City Jail used a mixture of pancake batter and toothpaste to disguise a hole chiseled in the mortar of an interior wall. The inmates were able to remove a block, allowing a female inmate to slide through into an adjacent cell housing a male inmate, according to Scott City Police Chief Don Cobb.
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