Prisoner wrongly freed after officials receive phony fax

[Foxy Brown]

A Kentucky prisoner is free thanks to a phony, error-filled fax.

Officials at the Kentucky Correctional and Psychiatric Center in La Grange set 19-year-old Timothy Rouse free after receiving a fax that claimed the Kentucky Supreme Court wanted him released.

The fax contained grammatical errors and was not on official letterhead. It also turned out to have been sent from a local grocery store.

[kaminokami2086]

Talk about a blunder. Aren't the police suppose to verify these things before they actually release someone?

[trueinnuendo]

I think there was an episode in 24 where Jack falsified a transfer order.

[TydusArandor]

Or was this really an error? Maybe someone was bribed to o_O. I mean, a letter filled with grammatical errors? If it was all official looking then I wouldn't blame them, but jeez.