Kenneth Conley, the convict who made a daring escape with another prisoner from a downtown federal jail last month, pleaded not guilty Wednesday morning.
The escape charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250.000 fine.
Conley, who was awaiting sentencing for a 2011 bank robbery in Homewood, escaped from the Metropolitan Correctional Center on Dec. 18. Conley and his cellmate, Joseph Banks, removed a cinder block in their cell and scaled 15 stories down the façade of the building with a rope made of bed sheets.
Banks was caught a few days later, Conley was on the run for 18 days before he was caught in the south suburbs.
Conley appeared in federal court in a wheelchair again. He sustained injuries while on the run.
Conley also faces a maximum 20 years in prison for bank robbery.
3 Comments to “Bank robber pleads not guilty to jail escape charges”
January 23, 2013 at 4:32 PM
wow, the balls on that idiot! How more busted could he get? That's like being caught at a murder scene with the knife in your hand and the victim stabbed repeatedly and saying that the victim repeatedly pushed himself backwards intro the knife while he held it!
January 23, 2013 at 4:32 PM
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January 23, 2013 at 5:01 PM
Why do they even let them plead. What he had a set of keys. Thanks for wasting my money.