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Gutsy Cons Bust Out, Leave Thank-You Note for Guard  

Posted Dec 18, 07 3:30 AM CST in US    Most Covered

(newser) – One of two prisoners who staged a Hollywood-style escape from a New Jersey jail left behind a thank-you note to a prison guard, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. "Thank you officer for the tools needed. You're a real pal! Happy holidays," it said. The jailbirds chipped away cinder blocks and jumped 30 feet over razor wire to freedom.

Officials are investigating whether the inmates actually had help obtaining tools. Like a scene out of the movie Shawshank Redemption, the men covered holes in a cell wall with photos of bikini-clad women to hide their preparations. And like the film Escape From Alcatraz, based on a real-life escape, the pair, both charged with violent felonies, made dummies from pillows to make it look as if they were asleep in their cells.

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Gutsy Cons Bust Out, Leave Thank-You Note for Guard
In a undated photo provided by the Union County, N.J., Prosecutor's Office, Otis Blunt, 32, of Toms River, N.J., is seen. Authorities are reviewing security at the Union County Jail as the hunt continues...   (Associated Press)
Gutsy Cons Bust Out, Leave Thank-You Note for Guard
In a undated photo provided by the Union County, N.J., Prosecutor's Office, Jose Espinosa, 20, of Elizabeth, N.J., is seen. Authorities are reviewing security at the Union County Jail as the hunt continues...   (Associated Press)
Gutsy Cons Bust Out, Leave Thank-You Note for Guard
Otis Blunt%u2019s cell in the Union County Jail in Elizabeth, N.J. The inmates hid the holes they made with photos of bikini clad women and used clothes and bedsheets to hide their absence.   (Union County Prosecutor's office)
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