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Cops catch inmate who scaled razor wire to escape

Covered the razor wire with blankets that staff did not notice for over an hour

By C1 Staff

JESSUP, Md. — An inmate who scaled a perimeter fence covered with razor wire was recaptured hours later in the home of an acquaintance.

Inmate Larence Godfrey escaped by covering razor wire atop perimeter fences with blankets around 4:50 a.m., according to The Baltimore Sun; staff noted the blankets around 6:50 a.m. and initiated a prisoner count. At about 7:42 a.m., Godfrey was identified as missing.

He was recaptured at 8 p.m. by police who received an anonymous tip regarding Godfrey’s whereabouts.