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Prisoner Sues Jail After Attempted Escape
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Jail prisoner is suing the county for injuries he sustained during an attempted escape.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Quirks/2008/01/14/injured_during_escape_he_sues_the_jail/9112/"><DIV>Scott Anthony Gomez Jr., who had already escaped from the jail once, but was apprehended after two days at large, was seriously injured on his second attempt, The Los Angeles Times reported.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Quirks/2008/01/14/injured_during_escape_he_sues_the_jail/9112/"><DIV>Gomez was using bed sheets to rappel down an 85-foot building in 2006 when he fell 40 feet to the ground.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Quirks/2008/01/14/injured_during_escape_he_sues_the_jail/9112/"><DIV>After corrections officials asked a court to order Gomez to repay $64,000 in medical expenses, Gomez filed suit, alleging authorities made it too easy to break out.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Quirks/2008/01/14/injured_during_escape_he_sues_the_jail/9112/"><DIV>"Defendants … did next to nothing to ensure that the jail was secure and the plaintiff could not escape," the federal lawsuit says.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Quirks/2008/01/14/injured_during_escape_he_sues_the_jail/9112/"><DIV>"He is the criminal here, not the sheriff," said the sheriff.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Quirks/2008/01/14/injured_during_escape_he_sues_the_jail/9112/">Gomez was in jail for violating parole in a 2004 weapons case. 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