Via Sheriff s Office of City of Newport News(NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) Two Virginia inmates are back in custody after they allegedly escaped from jail by tunneling through a cell wall, authorities said.
The men, John Garza and Arley Nemo, allegedly made tools out of a toothbrush and a metal object to help them access untied rebars between the walls of the Newport News Jail Annex, according to the Newport News Sheriff s Office.
Garza, 37, and Nemo, 43, then allegedly climbed the security wall on Monday afternoon and made their escape, the sheriff s office said.
Authorities said they learned the men were missing during a routine head count on Monday evening.
The two men were arrested at an IHOP in Hampton, just outside of Newport News, early Tuesday morning, according to the sheriff s office.
The sheriff s office said they re reviewing a "construction design weakness" at the jail.
"A Newport News facility management and engineering team comprised of [sheriff s office] pe
The prisoners, 37-year-old John Garza and 43-year-old Arley Nemo, were captured at an IHOP about seven miles away from the Newport News jail they escaped from hours earlier, the Newport News Sheriff's Office said.
Via Sheriff s Office of City of Newport News(NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) Two Virginia inmates are back in custody after they allegedly escaped from jail by tunneling through a cell wall, authorities said.
The men, John Garza and Arley Nemo, allegedly made tools out of a toothbrush and a metal object to help them access untied rebars between the walls of the Newport News Jail Annex, according to the Newport News Sheriff s Office.
Garza, 37, and Nemo, 43, then allegedly climbed the security wall on Monday afternoon and made their escape, the sheriff s office said.
Authorities said they learned the men were missing during a routine head count on Monday evening.
The two men were arrested at an IHOP in Hampton, just outside of Newport News, early Tuesday morning, according to the sheriff s office.
The sheriff s office said they re reviewing a "construction design weakness" at the jail.
"A Newport News facility management and engineering team comprised of [sheriff s office] pe