SWAT Team Closes in on Remaining 2 Fugitives

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SWAT Team Closes in on Remaining Two Fugitives

Monday, February 13, 2006

 

 

CICERO, Ill. — A SWAT team surrounded a two-story building in suburban Cicero early Monday as authorities closed in on the last two of the six inmates who escaped from the Cook County Jail.

 

Francisco Romero, 23, who is charged with murder, surrendered late Sunday and brought two young children out with him, said Cicero village spokesman Dan Proft. Another child later left the building.

 

A woman and two children were believed to be inside the building with two inmates who escaped from the jail, Proft said.

 

Eric Bernard, 22, of Chicago, is charged with armed robbery; Tyrone Everhart, 28, of Markham, is charged with aggravated kidnapping and attempting to escape from the Markham courthouse.

 

The men escaped late Saturday from a special unit at Cook County Jail for inmates with disciplinary problems. One guard was on duty instead of two because of staffing shortages, said county Sheriff's Department spokesman Bill Cunningham.

 

One inmate threw hot water from a shower on the guard and held him at bay with a homemade knife, then handcuffed the guard and put on his uniform, officials said.

 

That inmate was caught after opening doors to let the other six inmates out. They got over a barbed wire fence and onto the streets.

 

Two inmates were captured Sunday about 7 miles from the jail in Oak Park. They were identified as Arnold Joyner, 43, charged with theft and battery; and David Earnest, 38, charged with murder.

 

Another inmate, 30-year-old Michael McIntosh of Chicago, was arrested Sunday evening, said Chicago police spokeswoman JoAnn Taylor. McIntosh is charged with aggravated battery with a firearm.

 

It was the second jail break since Friday. An inmate facing armed robbery charges broke out Friday by apparently slipping into a laundry truck, but he was arrested Saturday at a suburban motel, authorities said.

 

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