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UPDATE: Bee-stung burglary suspect turns himself in


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Reported by: Kelly Dudzik
Updated: 9/09/2009 9:00 am Published: 9/07/2009 10:41 am
Ricky Dale Ford turned himself in after escaping from one of the Faulkner County detention centers.  Ford was in Lee County when he decided to turn himself in.

How Ford escaped

Remember the man stung by honey bees one-hundred times, arrested and charged with theft and breaking and entering? Now, he's in more trouble.  Ricky Ford escaped from one of the Faulkner County detention centers Sunday afternoon, just four days after his arrest.

"Obviously, we wish he hadn't escaped," says Major Andy Shock with the Faulkner County Sheriff’s Department.

But, Faulkner County Sheriff's Deputies say that's exactly what Ford did. They even caught him on camera. "The problem is we had 306 inmates, and there was a little bit of inattention on behalf of some of the detention officers on duty," explains Shock.

There were just four detention officers to watch all of those inmates.

So how'd Ford do it? "The chain link was welded to stainless steel, covered by steel rivets. Okay? I don't understand how he got out," says Shock.

Shock says Ford didn't go it alone. Two other inmates will be charged with lending a helping hand. "They were circling the rec yard, getting their exercise and every time they would pass by the door, they would yank real hard on the top of the chain, of the chain link fence and it made just a very short, very narrow hole," explained Shock.

Sheriff's deputies tell FOX16, once the hole was big enough, Ford slipped right out, ran across the grass, and then somehow scaled a 12 foot fence throwing himself over barbed wire.

Then, sheriff's deputies say Ford made it to Hewlett Packard. He found a security guard, asked him to use his cell phone, made a call and that security guard gave him a ride to a gas station where a woman picked him up and they got out of town.

“Razor wire. I'm gonna say he's a little unstable, you know, at this point we don't have any reason to believe that he's armed and dangerous," replied Shock.

Ford was wearing black and white prison clothes when he escaped.

Ford turned himself in Tuesday afternoon in Lee County.
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johndeere44 - 9/8/2009 10:39 PM
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They forgot to mention he had been beaten by the police so bad he was bleeding out of every orfice in his body when arrested or that they had made a deal with him before he turned himself in, which they renigged on of course...no he's not an idiot...just trying to stay alive.

choncha - 9/7/2009 7:49 PM
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I don't know who is more of an idiot, him, or the employees at the F.C. jail. You gotta be kinding me ? It's a good thing dangerous criminals aren't kept at that facility !

jreppoh - 9/7/2009 1:41 PM
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Oh my the bees are still out as well as the vicious dogs and homeowners with shotguns. Better watch out for all those dangers including the police.:)

Theresa29 - 9/7/2009 1:07 PM
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This is so funny,, its like a comedy or something,, What a moron,,,, This guy is such an idiot,,,,, My whole family was rolling we were laughing so hard,,,,
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