Two male prisoners escaped from the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago's South Loop early Tuesday.
The men have been identified as Jose Banks, 37, and Kenneth Conley, 38. NBC Chicago reports the two were last seen Tuesday morning in the Tinley Park, Ill. area, about 25 miles from the Chicago facility.
Authorities discovered that the men -- both recently convicted bank robbers -- were missing from their cell around 8:45 a.m., the Chicago Tribune reports. The two had last been checked in on at 5 a.m., at the 71 W. Van Buren federal facility, police said.
The men apparently tied bed sheets together to form a rope which they used to climb out of a window, NBC reports.
From the Associated Press:
Hours later, what appeared to be a rope, knotted at six-foot intervals, could be seen dangling into an alley on the side of the Metropolitan Correctional Center from a window approximately 20 stories from the ground.
According to ABC Chicago, police said it was not likely the two escaped with weapons, but they are still being considered armed and dangerous. The men could be wearing white t-shirts, grey sweatpants and white gym shoes.
Banks is the so-called "Secondhand Bandit," according to the Chicago Sun-Times. After he was convicted last week, Banks vowed to the judge, "You'll hear from me!"
This is a developing story.
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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/18/metropolitan-correctional_n_2322784.html
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