According to a recently filed indictment, three “maximum-security” inmates at the D.C. jail plotted to smuggle a gun in–not for reasons of revenge or escape, but, rather, to shoot themselves and then sue the city for failing to protect them from an “unknown” assailant. And, indeed, they did succeed in getting a gun into the jail, shooting themselves, and reporting themselves as victims of an unknown criminal. Unfortunately for these budding Professor Moriartys, they also shot a fourth inmate who now claims he did not want to be shot, and he broke up the scheme. A lawyer for one of the other three maintains that the shootings were the result of innocent bystanders being shot from a drug deal gone bad. (Henri E. Cauvin, “Inmates Charged With Plot to Get Shot, Sue D.C.”, Washington Post, Apr. 8).
Inmate lawsuit scam busted
According to a recently filed indictment, three “maximum-security” inmates at the D.C. jail plotted to smuggle a gun in–not for reasons of revenge or escape, but, rather, to shoot themselves and then sue the city for failing to protect them from an “unknown” assailant. And, indeed, they did succeed in getting a gun into the […]
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