The Associated Press
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - An inmate who was stuck for four hours with his head and one shoulder through a cell window has been charged with felony escape.
Robert Anthony Hill, 25, used a metal shelf to smash through the 6-inch-wide, 3-foot-long window at South Central Regional Jail on Monday, authorities said.
Rescuers spent four hours cutting out the window frame and several blocks to free the prisoner. He was not seriously injured.
Hill, who was charged Tuesday, faces five years in prison if convicted. He has been in jail since August on a parole violation after being charged with robbery and testing positive for drug use.
He has previously served time for robbery, carrying a concealed weapon without a permit and joyriding.
Authorities also were investigating whether other inmates tried to help Hill escape by slamming their lunch trays to mask the sound of breaking glass, said Steve Canterbury, executive director of the Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority.