Man Breaks Into Empty Jail Cell. Locks Self In. Breaks Out Again.

Sgt. Graham McGurk on Monday said the person broke into the deserted police station in the town of Matamata on North Island on Saturday night through the front office.

The intruder went to the cell bloc, and was accidentally locked in when a self-closing door clicked shut.

As police rushed to respond to an intruder alarm at the post, the intruder used a wooden chair that was inside the cell to smash through a window – supposedly outfitted with shatter-proof glass – to freedom.

Arriving officers could hear the intruder, but he fled through the front of the station as police were closing in from the back, McGurk said.

“It was quite unusual. The offender has almost done the job for us, getting himself locked in our cell,” he said.

It wasn’t known why the person broke into the police station, and nothing was stolen, McGurk said.

JOKESTARTERS:

• The last time a thief did something this smart was when someone dug his own grave, fell into it, died, then became a zombie, dug himself out and ate the brains of an entire small village.
• Police say that not only did the bumbling intruder break into a jail cell, but he also put himself into solitary confinement, fed himself only bread and water, strip-searched himself, then raped himself.

SOURCE:

• Centre Daily