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    Calif. man accused of trying to break in to prison

    FOLSOM, Calif. (AP) — Most inmates are trying to get out of prison, but authorities say they caught a California parolee trying to sneak back in.

    Corrections Sgt. Tony Quinn says 48-year-old Marvin Lane Ussery was spotted late Wednesday night scaling the 7-foot tall, barbed wire-topped fence that encircles a large wooded area behind the California State Prison in Sacramento.

    Quinn says Ussery served time at New Folsom for robbery before he was paroled in June 2009.

    Officials are investigating whether Ussery was attempting to smuggle in drugs or cell phones, but say they haven't found any contraband.

    Ussery is being held in Sacramento County Jail on suspicion of violating his parole and being an ex-convict on prison property.

     

    637 comments

    • Dante F  •  9 mths ago
      I found being "an ex-convict on prison property" illegal, funny.
      • BrandiH 9 mths ago
        Guess you can be a convict there, but not an ex-convict there. Wonder what they do about repeat offenders.
      • Cody 9 mths ago
        @ Dante F: Good to know
      • Murphy 9 mths ago
        What are they going to do about it? Three guesses and the first two don't count! Guess number three is, " Put him back into Prison".....LMFAO. Guess he will get what it wanted all along!!!
    • Bulldog  •  9 mths ago
      California's economy is so stinking rotten, even the convicts are trying to get back in prison just to get a meal!
      • Cody 9 mths ago
        Stop complaining
      • Sean 9 mths ago
        Liberal economics. Never has, never will work.
      • Two Guns 9 mths ago
        Yeah let's give the rich more tax breaks, so they can create more jobs....not
    • McQuack  •  9 mths ago
      So how do they punish him.... send... him... back... to prison...?
      • CoolWisdomPrevails 9 mths ago
        Good question. I'd give you a thumbs up, but can't get the darn thing
        to work.
      • Fly Boy Jim 9 mths ago
        Well if CA removed his entitlements and made him work that would be punishment.
      • Ironic 9 mths ago
        Nah...That would just make him a role model for the lazy.
    • Wes  •  9 mths ago
      Shows you how hard times are.
      • Cody 9 mths ago
        Stop complaining
      • rosey12 9 mths ago
        I agree with you , why would one try to get back to prison. This is the act of serious desperation. When I read this I realized how desperate the situation is for a person to try to go back to prisoon for a place to live....
      • LibturdsROFL 9 mths ago
        Cody, stop complaining about people complaining.
    • Jason H  •  9 mths ago
      He probably went to jail before the economy collapsed was and released to find out everything went to hell.
    • sandiego girl  •  9 mths ago
      Maybe it was just easier being in prison, instead of trying to find a job in these "Not Hiring" times.
    • DT  •  9 mths ago
      Free roof, free bed, free food, free healthcare, why not go back in?
    • Patrick  •  9 mths ago
      "Ussery is being held in Sacramento County Jail on suspicion of violating his parole and being an ex-convict on prison property."

      don't parole violators get sent back to prison anyway? So let me get this straight...he was caught breaking into prison...so they send him to the County Jail to investigate if he has broken his parole.....so they can send him back to prison.

      You just can't make this stuff up!
    • Intellekt  •  9 mths ago
      Dang, the economy must be that rough.
    • JTVB  •  9 mths ago
      The economy has really been going backwards
    • Maggie  •  9 mths ago
      Prisoners have an easier life than the homeless. There's something wrong with that.
    • Lynn  •  9 mths ago
      not working and hungry
    • legalize420  •  9 mths ago
      Be it ever so humble,there's no place like home.
    • phantom444e  •  9 mths ago
      3 hot meals a day, a warm bed, scheduled activities, laundry provided, high security gated community, what's not to like. Poor guy probably was unable to find work and wanted to go back where he knew he would be taken care of. I can't say that it all that bad of a plan.
    • harley1340  •  9 mths ago
      He got out realized that he couldn't get a job and he figured it was better on the inside
    • nomore  •  9 mths ago
      With economy and unemployment like we have. He couldn't find a job, it's better to stay in jail . Free shelter and foods.
    • Prince  •  9 mths ago
      Those razor wires really hurt. He shoud have just gone to a restaurant, orderd a big steak and refused to pay. atleast he would have gone back to jail on a full stomach for viloating his probation.
    • legalize420  •  9 mths ago
      California's like a big bowl of cereal.Once you get past the fruits and nuts.all that's left are the flakes.
    • Michael  •  9 mths ago
      Wow - I thought this guy was a tard until I started reading some of your comments
    • OldDan  •  9 mths ago
      Hey, there was free hot food, sheets washed twice a week, cable TV, exercise equip, free health care, guarded 24 hrs a day.... You blame him for trying to break in?
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