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| Inmate Escapes From a 2nd Maximum-Security Prison | Inmate Escapes From a 2nd Maximum-Security Prison |
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| To escape from a maximum-security prison in South Carolina nearly a dozen years ago, Jimmy Causey hid in a Dumpster. Then he waited patiently for a trash truck to whisk him and a fellow convict beyond the walls of Broad River Correctional Institution, where Mr. Causey was serving a life sentence for kidnapping. | To escape from a maximum-security prison in South Carolina nearly a dozen years ago, Jimmy Causey hid in a Dumpster. Then he waited patiently for a trash truck to whisk him and a fellow convict beyond the walls of Broad River Correctional Institution, where Mr. Causey was serving a life sentence for kidnapping. |
| Mr. Causey’s brush with freedom, however, was fleeting; after a three-day manhunt, he and his partner in crime were back behind bars. | Mr. Causey’s brush with freedom, however, was fleeting; after a three-day manhunt, he and his partner in crime were back behind bars. |
| On Wednesday afternoon, the authorities said they were puzzling over how Mr. Causey, 46, had managed to escape from another maximum-security prison. Just before 2 p.m., they noticed he was missing from Lieber Correctional Institution in Ridgeville, S.C. | |
| This time, Mr. Causey apparently escaped alone. | This time, Mr. Causey apparently escaped alone. |
| “DO NOT APPROACH,” the South Carolina Department of Corrections warned on Twitter. “Call 9-1-1 if seen.” | “DO NOT APPROACH,” the South Carolina Department of Corrections warned on Twitter. “Call 9-1-1 if seen.” |
| In the hours immediately after the escape, investigators were still trying to figure out how Mr. Causey escaped, said Sommer Sharpe, a spokeswoman for the South Carolina Department of Corrections. | In the hours immediately after the escape, investigators were still trying to figure out how Mr. Causey escaped, said Sommer Sharpe, a spokeswoman for the South Carolina Department of Corrections. |
| An inmate report generated Wednesday shows that Mr. Causey had committed a wide range of offenses beginning in the early 1990s. | An inmate report generated Wednesday shows that Mr. Causey had committed a wide range of offenses beginning in the early 1990s. |
| He was serving a life term in prison for kidnapping a lawyer who had previously defended him when he escaped from the Broad River facility in November 2005, the authorities said. | He was serving a life term in prison for kidnapping a lawyer who had previously defended him when he escaped from the Broad River facility in November 2005, the authorities said. |
| To ease his 2005 escape, Mr. Causey and his fellow escapee temporarily tricked corrections officers into believing they were present for a prison count by placing heads made out of toilet paper in their beds to stand in for their own. | To ease his 2005 escape, Mr. Causey and his fellow escapee temporarily tricked corrections officers into believing they were present for a prison count by placing heads made out of toilet paper in their beds to stand in for their own. |
| The inmates made their escape on a Tuesday morning, and remained on the run until they placed an order for pizza from a motel two days later; their hunger ultimately spelled their demise, according to a report published at the time in The State of Columbia, S.C. | The inmates made their escape on a Tuesday morning, and remained on the run until they placed an order for pizza from a motel two days later; their hunger ultimately spelled their demise, according to a report published at the time in The State of Columbia, S.C. |
| Judie Trainer, who was the manager of the store that delivered the convicts’ pizza, recounted her experience in a telephone interview with The New York Times late Wednesday. She said when she arrived at the convicts’ motel room, the customers told her to put the pizza on a table and pick up their money, orders apparently meant to help the pair avoid being seen. | Judie Trainer, who was the manager of the store that delivered the convicts’ pizza, recounted her experience in a telephone interview with The New York Times late Wednesday. She said when she arrived at the convicts’ motel room, the customers told her to put the pizza on a table and pick up their money, orders apparently meant to help the pair avoid being seen. |
| The way the bizarre delivery had unfolded made Ms. Trainer uneasy, and she told her husband, who informed a law enforcement officer, she said. She said she ended up collecting $11,050 in reward money for her tip. | The way the bizarre delivery had unfolded made Ms. Trainer uneasy, and she told her husband, who informed a law enforcement officer, she said. She said she ended up collecting $11,050 in reward money for her tip. |
| Shortly after learning of Mr. Causey’s escape, Ms. Trainer, now 65, told The Times she no longer lives in South Carolina. | Shortly after learning of Mr. Causey’s escape, Ms. Trainer, now 65, told The Times she no longer lives in South Carolina. |
| “I’m kind of glad I’m not down there anymore because I’d be afraid,” she said. “This guy, he’s very dangerous. | “I’m kind of glad I’m not down there anymore because I’d be afraid,” she said. “This guy, he’s very dangerous. |
| “I’m a little shaken right now,” she added. “It’s overwhelming.” | “I’m a little shaken right now,” she added. “It’s overwhelming.” |