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Jail deputies break jail inmate letter secret code
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (zem)
Fri Nov 16 21:15:37 2001
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 13:59:59 +1100 (EST)
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http://www.stluciesheriff.com/pressroomB.htm
A 25-year-old jail inmate facing serious criminal charges thought he had
St. Lucie County detention deputies fooled when he wrote a letter to a
friend outlining a detailed escape plan.
But the joke was on Robert Heike of Port St. Lucie.
Deputies deciphered his secret code in less than an hour, moved Heike to a
more secure area of the jail and warned his friend on the outside against
abetting an escape attempt.
[...]
They showed the astounded Heike a translation of his escape letter, which
called for a friend to throw a plastic bag of supplies for the escape over
a fence into the exercise yard. Since deputies check the fenced-in
perimeter several times a day, the plan had no chance of success.
Heike told deputies it took him four years to devise his not-so-secret
code.
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