Mobster’s Jailbreak Plan: Floss, Hacksaw Blade, Crash Diet and a Priest

To break out of a federal jail, a suspected Mafia soldier named Christopher Londonio planned to use dental floss as a glass-cutter, Kool-Aid as clothing dye and “lots of bran” to slim down.

It was all part of an elaborate plan — which also involved a razor, hacksaw blades and a priest — to escape from the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where he was awaiting trial in 2017.

But first he had to make sure he could fit through the hole he intended to create.

So Mr. Londonio, a portly man, embarked on an intense exercise routine of cardio and chin-ups and picked up a fiber-heavy diet to shed weight and ensure he could squeeze out of a jail cell window.

His plan, which was detailed in a recently unsealed F.B.I. report, was ultimately foiled after a fellow inmate reported it to officials, and federal prosecutors eventually charged Mr. Londonio in September 2017 with attempted escape. He has pleaded not guilty.

Source: The New York Times

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