Md. inmate leaves prison by impersonating cellmate

[cory777]

Source: AP

By KASEY JONES, Associated Press Writer Kasey Jones, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 35 mins ago

BALTIMORE – An inmate serving three life sentences for attempted murder convictions pretended to be a cellmate who was due for release and walked out of a Baltimore prison, corrections officials said Thursday night.

A manhunt was underway for Raymond Taylor, 26, of New York, who walked away from the Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center about 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon.

Maryland Commissioner of Correction J. Michael Stouffer said the investigation into how Taylor was mistakenly released is in its preliminary stages. But he said that at 11 a.m., Taylor was placed in a cell with an inmate who scheduled to be released.

"That is not how our process goes. That was a mistake," Stouffer said.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100226/ap_on_re_us/us_inmate_mistaken_release

[Quantess]

1. That string of characters at the bottom of the post

is making the OP extra wide. If you delete those, that would help the readability. :)

[Bonescrat]

2. OK obvious question...

Where was the cellmate during all of this?

At 1:45 p.m., Stouffer said, a line officer called the name of the other inmate. Taylor went to the front of the cell, Stouffer said, and handed the officer the other inmate's ID card.

"He presented himself as the other inmate," Stouffer said. "He was asked for the ID number, and he (said) it."

Sound sleeper? Threatened by Mr. Taylor to keep quiet? The latter seems more likely...

[saigon68]

3. The REAL QUESTION ?????

??????

Why is a convicted murderer with a 3 life "running wild" sentence being housed in a cell with someone who is being released in a couple of minutes.

Nice sorting of the bad apples in that place

Its a clusterfuck.

[tinymontgomery]

4. Movie

Wasn't there a movie where this takes place? Life imitating art or art imitating life?

[madmax]

7. Saw something similar

On 'Law and Order - Special Victims'. Guy that escaped was in for child molestation but, he was innocent. In the end he doesn't have to go back to jail. I like happy endings ;)

[IScreamSundays]

5. Inside job.

No way someone with three life sentences got to the intake and release center and placed in a cell with parolees. Those people are placed under special "movement" for their first years incarcerated and don't go anywhere within the prison without escort by custody staff. Correctional officers work at these prisons day in and day out, and they know who their "lifers" are.

[Soylent Brice]

6. welcome to DU.

i don't know about an inside job, but i understand your point.
you have experience in corrections?

[IScreamSundays]

8. Thank you

I have a close family member that works in a prison.

[heli]

9. Police: Mistakenly released inmate caught in W.Va.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100226/ap_on_re_us/us_inmate_mistaken_release

Police: Mistakenly released inmate caught in W.Va.
By BEN NUCKOLS, Associated Press Writer

BALTIMORE – An inmate serving three life terms for attempted murder was back behind bars Friday, a day after he conned his way out of a Baltimore prison with the help of his cellmate, authorities said.

Raymond T. Taylor, 26, of New York, was mistakenly released from the Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center on Thursday afternoon, corrections officials said. Taylor is serving three life sentences for shooting his ex-girlfriend and her two teenage daughters. Each was shot in the head.

"It was a chilling, execution-style attempted murder," said Margaret T. Burns, a spokeswoman for the Baltimore state's attorney's office. "It is a miracle that they survived."

Taylor didn't resist when he was caught after a manhunt Friday morning at the home of a childhood friend in Martinsburg, W.Va., and was in West Virginia state police custody, Baltimore police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said...