The Truth Set Them Free — (Or At Least Got Them Beer)
ROGERSVILLE, Tennessee – Inmates at the Hawkins County Jail saw an opportunity for escape when the jail’s doors were accidentally left unlocked so they made their big break to go on a beer run. The breakout occurred Thursday after cellblock doors weren’t locked and a faulty control panel failed to alert jailers. Two of the inmates simply walked out through a fire escape, leaving the door propped open with a Bible, and cut a hole in the exercise yard fence. They went to the market, bought some beer and went back to the jail to share it with the other prisoners. When they ran out of liquor, they left a second time to make another beer run. Apparently, the inmates were wearing street clothes they had borrowed from other prisoners, so they did not raise alarm when they went to the store. Authorities believe the inmates bought more than two cases of beer in all.
