Missouri inmates remove sink, climb through wall to freedom

FARMINGTON, Mo. (AP) — Authorities are piecing together how five inmates escaped from a Missouri jail. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the inmates escaped Tuesday (Jan. 17, 2023) evening from the St. Francois County Jail in Farmington, about 75 miles south of St. Louis. Chief Sheriff’s Deputy Gregory Armstrong told the newspaper that the inmates got into a cell that was supposed to be closed off due to plumbing repairs, removed the sink and toilet, climbed through the wall and made it outside. They then ran to an office building parking lot and somehow found a car with the keys in it and a full tank of gas. One was caught in Missouri on Friday and the other four were captured in Ohio by Saturday.