2 Virginia inmates caught at IHOP after using toothbrush to escape jail
by: Jimmy LaRoue Posted: Mar 22, 2023 / 08:58 AM EDT Updated: Mar 22, 2023 / 09:19 AM EDT NEWPORT NEWS, Va. ( WAVY ) — Two inmates in a Virginia ja...

by: Jimmy LaRoue Posted: Mar 22, 2023 / 08:58 AM EDT Updated: Mar 22, 2023 / 09:19 AM EDT NEWPORT NEWS, Va. ( WAVY ) — Two inmates in a Virginia jail used primitively made tools to create a hole in the wall of their cell and escape only to be found hours later at an IHOP restaurant nearby, a sheriff's office said. Arley Vaughn Nemo and John Michael Garza escaped custody just before 6 p.m. Monday. The two men were found missing from their cell in the Newport News jail annex during a routine head count Monday evening, according to a statement from the Newport News Sheriff's Office.