POUNDING HOLES IN TWO JAI WALLS HAD TO BE NOISY, BUT GEORGIA JAIL GUARDS WERE NOT AWARE OF ESCAPE

Inmate broke through two jail walls, squeezed through fence, then stole county work van to escape jail

By Minyvonne Burke

New York Daily News
December 27, 2017

A Georgia inmate authorities say is dangerous escaped jail by breaking through two walls and then squeezing through an opening in a fence surrounding the facility.

Police are searching for Christopher Nicholas Carroll, of South Carolina, after he escaped from a Lamar County jail shortly after midnight on Wednesday.

The Lamar County Sheriff's Office said Carroll broke through two walls inside the facility while officials thought he was taking a shower, according to KENS 5.

WSB-TV reports that the inmate used part of a table to bust through the walls and then squeezed through an opening in a small storage area to get outside before climbing through an opening in a fence.

Carroll then allegedly stole a county work van. The vehicle was found around 7:50 a.m. in Allendale County, South Carolina, about two hours from the jail, the sheriff's office said in a Facebook post.

Authorities have not yet located Carroll.

Lamar County Sheriff Brad White told KENS 5 that authorities in South Carolina are "very familiar with" Carroll.

He was being held in Lamar County following an October arrest for three counts of obstruction of an officer and theft by receiving stolen property.

White said he considers Carroll dangerous and is not sure if the inmate is armed.