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DETROIT — Federal authorities have charged a Wayne County jail inmate with assisting the escape of another inmate by switching identity wristbands.
Eighteen-year-old Adrian Rivera, of Hamtramck, was charged Friday in Detroit federal court.
The U.S. Marshals Service said 34-year-old Rocky Marquez convinced Rivera, who was to be released on bond, to switch wristbands with him by promising to take care Rivera when he gets out of jail.
The Marshals Service said Rivera flushed Marquez’ wristband down a toilet after the two men made the switch. Rivera told authorities that he would pretend to be asleep when Wayne County jail officers called Marquez’ name.
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