Bank robber pleads not guilty to jail escape

January 23, 2013 @ 9:34 am

CHICAGO (AP) - A bank robber has pleaded not guilty to an escape charge a month after he and a cellmate broke out of a high-rise Chicago lockup.

Kenneth Conley's lawyer entered the plea at a Wednesday arraignment. Dressed in orange jail clothing, Conley sat in a wheel chair with a leg he injured during his escape in a brace.

Prosecutors say he and Jose Banks scaled down nearly 20 stories using a makeshift rope on Dec. 18.

Banks was caught two days later. But Conley eluded capture until Jan. 4. Police stopped him outside a suburban apartment complex disguised as an old man and carrying a cane.

Before his escape, the 38-year-old former strip club worker already faced a maximum 20-year prison term for bank robbery. Escape carries a maximum 5-year sentence.


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  • WT wrote...
    Chicago
    December 18, 2012 7:58 am
    If you can't keep a policeman with you you had better keep a gun, with which to protect yourself from this sort of person.
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  • hpitantso wrote...
    Gun, Chicago what's your point?
    December 19, 2012 7:06 am
    Their bank robbers for money call the po po fbi that's what they get paid for...
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  • CH wrote...
    disguised as an old man . . . .
    January 4, 2013 4:48 pm
    an xkop disguise?
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