Escaped Wash. inmate caught sinking in Moses Lake

[March 05, 2010]  MOSES LAKE, Wash. (AP) -- A handcuffed man who escaped from a chain line of other inmates at Grant County District Court managed to steal a truck and jump into Moses Lake where deputies had to rescue him.

 Undersheriff John Turley told The Columbia Basin Herald the 39-year-old man was at risk of drowning Monday when an officer threw him a life vest.

The man had been arrested Saturday and was in court facing robbery and drug charges when he broke away.

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Information from: Columbia Basin Herald, http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/

[Associated Press]

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