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MARION, Ark. - An inmate charged with theft escaped twice in one week, including once after his wife had a forged letter authorizing his release faxed to the jail from a McDonald's, officials said.
Tristian Wilson, 20, was in custody Friday and being treated for a broken leg he apparently suffered after jumping from a second-story window. Officials said he would be charged with two counts of escape.
Wilson, originally jailed on theft, forgery and burglary charges, first escaped Oct. 30. Officials said jailers freed him after receiving a letter allegedly written by a detective authorizing his release.
Wilson's wife, Crystal Wilson, 19, and a friend have been charged with forging the letter.
West Memphis police Assistant Chief Mike Allen said the friend acknowledged taking the forgery to a West Memphis McDonald's and asking an employee he knew to fax it. Police do not believe the employee knew what the letter said or where it was sent.
Tristian Wilson was caught Monday, then escaped again Wednesday, this time from a hall in the courthouse in Marion, an Arkansas delta town near Memphis, Tenn. Chief Jailer Mickey Thornton said the hall is used as a holding cell, and Wilson managed to pry open a door leading to an unused wing, where he climbed out an open second-floor window.
Officers arrested Wilson again Thursday.
Thornton took over as Crittenden County jail administrator in August. That month, a capital murder suspect managed to escape by climbing through a hole in the detention center's roof; he was captured the next day. A week later, Thornton's predecessor was arrested for allegedly agreeing to provide cocaine to a prisoner.
Thornton said prisoners will no longer be released on faxed authorization, and the doorway Wilson forced open has been welded in place. The jailer said he is looking for ways to make the county's detention facilities more secure.