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This photo provided by the Martin County, Fla., Sheriff's Office shows Jensen Lefan after she was arrested Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, with her boyfriend Hayden Mayberry, on charges including hindering apprehension of Lefan’s brother, fugitive Brady Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick was among 12 inmates who escaped from the jail in Walker County, Ala., on Sunday, after using peanut butter to alter a number over a cell door. Authorities said an inexperienced guard punched in the peanut-buttered number, unwittingly releasing a door to the outside. (Martin County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Peanut butter jailbreak really not as nutty as it sounds

MIAMI – Using peanut butter to escape from the Walker County Jail in Alabama isn’t as crazy as it sounds.

Belinda Ann Weldon is an Alabama attorney familiar with the jail who represents the last of the 12 inmates to be captured after escaping Sunday. She says she can see how a guard watching remotely could be fooled if inmates partially obscure the number that identifies each door.

Authorities say the inexperienced guard, watching 150 inmates through security cameras from a control room, thought he was opening the cell at an inmate’s request, when in fact, the peanut-buttered number he punched in released a door to the outside.

The first 11 inmates were captured within hours of their escape, never leaving the county, but authorities says 24-year-old Brady Kilpatrick made it all the way to Martin County, Florida.

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