2 Inmates Escape Jail But Only Last a Few Hours Before Their Appetites Get Them Caught

Two inmates in a Virginia jail used primitively made tools to create a hole in the wall of their cell and escape, only to be found hours later at an IHOP restaurant nearby, a sheriff said. Authorities discovered the two men, ages 37 and 43, missing from their cell in the Newport News jail annex during a routine head count Monday evening, according to a statement from the Newport News Sheriff’s Office. A preliminary investigation found the men exploited a weakness in the jail’s construction design and used tools made...