Texas Lawmaker wants a shakeup after prisoner in a wheelchair escapes

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I just have to laugh at this one

The 6-foot, 200-pound Comeaux was serving a life sentence for aggravated sexual assault and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
A van containing him and two correctional officers left the Estelle prison in Huntsville about 5:45 a.m. Monday, bound for the Stiles prison in Beaumont, where Comeaux was being reassigned, said Michelle Lyons, director of public information for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Huntsville, in a written statement.
Comeaux was shackled and in a wheelchair, "which he had claimed was needed for mobility," Lyons said.
About 45 minutes into the trip, as they were driving through Conroe, 40 minutes north of Houston, the prisoner pulled out a pistol and ordered the guards to drive south to Baytown, east of Houston. There, he took one of the guards' gray uniforms, handcuffed the officers together and left them in the rear of the van, Lyon's statement said.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/12/02/...ner/index.html

[Kipper is King]

Wow. The guards really did not think too much of him, eh? How did they not notice he had a pistol?

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Originally Posted by Kipper is King

Wow. The guards really did not think too much of him, eh? How did they not notice he had a pistol?

Bigger question should be how did he get a gun in jail?

Oh wait, It's Texas...everyone has a gun!!

[Winsor_Pilates]

I want to see this movie!

[Jayems]

edit: maybe i should just read the article