The easiest people to hustle are the people “in charge”
Officials released a prisoner from a state
facility after receiving a phony fax that ordered the man be freed, and
didn’t catch the mistake for nearly two weeks.
Officials released a prisoner from a state facility
after receiving a phony fax that ordered the man be freed, and
didn’t catch the mistake for nearly two
weeks.
Timothy Rouse, 19, is charged with beating an elderly western Kentucky man and was at the Kentucky Correctional & Psychiatric Center in La Grange for a mental evaluation. He was released from that facility on April 6 after officials received the fake court order.
It contained grammatical errors, was not typed on letterhead and was faxed from a local grocery store. The fax falsely claimed that the Kentucky Supreme Court “demanded” Rouse be released.
Prison officials did not notice that the fax came from a grocery store because policies did not require checking the source of a faxed order. The facility director added that misspellings on orders are common.
Lexington police arrested Rouse at his mother’s home Thursday evening.
Our entire government believes that everything can be solved if you fill out the right form. In triplicate.
Timothy Rouse, 19, is charged with beating an elderly western Kentucky man and was at the Kentucky Correctional & Psychiatric Center in La Grange for a mental evaluation. He was released from that facility on April 6 after officials received the fake court order.
It contained grammatical errors, was not typed on letterhead and was faxed from a local grocery store. The fax falsely claimed that the Kentucky Supreme Court “demanded” Rouse be released.
Prison officials did not notice that the fax came from a grocery store because policies did not require checking the source of a faxed order. The facility director added that misspellings on orders are common.
Lexington police arrested Rouse at his mother’s home Thursday evening.
Our entire government believes that everything can be solved if you fill out the right form. In triplicate.
Posted: Sun - April 22, 2007 at 05:20 AM