Police: Inmate shoves cellphone up rectum, escapes hospital through ceiling
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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – An inmate who is being held on a slew of charges at the Miami-Dade County Pre-Trial Detention Center is now facing an escape charge after he shoved a cellphone up his rectum and then tried to escape from Jackson Memorial Hospital, authorities said.
According to his arrest report, Israel Granda, 32, of Medley, was taken to the hospital Wednesday after the cellphone incident and was given medication to stimulate a bowel movement.
Police said Granda used the bathroom in his hospital room as a corrections officer waited for him outside the door.