Man escapes immediately after being brought into the interrogation room

[calixprynce]

with the quiccness, no hesitation

 

[lightskin jermaine]

nikka hit that field and was GONE

 

[Citi Trends]

Hopefully that young brother escaped his kidnappers safely

 

[AyBrehHam Linkin]

lmfao this shyt was in janesville WI like 45 min from my city

 

[datnigDASTARDLY]

He jumped out on some Benny Hill shyt

 

[YakSpiller]

 

[RubioTheCruel]

My man did a headfirst leap out of a second story window

 

[SoulController]

he deserves to be free

best part is there was NO hesi, he went for the window immediately after the door was shut

 

[3rdLetter]

The outside camera with him running away

 

[newworldafro]

Damn.

 

[Lord_nikon]

he jetted out in the field like rob in three strikes

 

[Hejdå]

jumped out the window like scott pilgrim

 

[Strapped]

Is this real

 

[GnauzBookOfRhymes]

What’s the backstory to this

dude is white or can pass for it.

cop thought "aw he's a good kid...kinda reminds me of myself back when i had hair heh heh" and didn't bother restraining him

*swan dive*

6.7 with minor deduction for condition of blinds

 

[Dr. Acula]

Is this real

Handcuffed suspect dives headfirst out of Sheriff's Office window in Rock County
Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal SentinelPublished 10:52 a.m. CT Feb. 28, 2019 | Updated 12:03 p.m. CT Feb. 28, 2019


Video obtained by The Gazette in Janesville captured a brazen escape from the Rock County Sheriff's Office. Janesville Gazette


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An Orfordville teen apparently was not thrilled about being in the custody of the Rock County Sheriff's Office in October.

So when an officer left him alone in an interrogation room, the 17-year-old immediately dove headlong — with his hands cuffed in front of him, according to video of the incident — out a window, landing some 10 feet below.

The Gazette in Janesville shows the entire escape as well as an officer's reaction upon returning to the room about 13 minutes later to find the suspect gone with only some tangled mini blinds left in his wake.

Needless to say, the officer was not pleased, according to the video.

According to The Gazette, the windows in the interrogation room at the time had regular home-style screens that could easily be pushed out.

"That won't happen anymore. There are bars on the windows now," a deputy who answered the phone at the sheriff's department said Thursday.

The video posted by the Gazette has resulted in the sheriff's department being inundated with calls from media across the country seeking information about the incident.

According to the Gazette, the incident was subject to an administrative review, and only the windows were found at fault, not the procedures the Sheriff's Office uses.

The suspect in the case is identified as Quantrell D. Schwartzlow of Orfordville. He is charged with escape, a Class H felony. Online court records also show he is charged with strangulation and suffocation, also a felony, stemming from an incident on Aug. 1, 2018. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

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According to the Gazette:

Schwartzlow had been arrested Oct. 18 at Orfordville Parkview High School and was placed in the interview room, authorities said at the time.

Schwartzlow allegedly planned his flight out the window.

"He was taken out of the (interview) room and 'manipulated' his way back into the room, Deputy District Attorney Perry Folts said at an earlier court hearing, suggesting he planned to jump after his first exposure to the room," according to a story posted on the Gazette's website.

No camera caught his landing, but he apparently completed the jump without having injured himself, according to the Gazette.

He did not get far. He was caught in Janesville at a friend’s house about 3½ hours after his escape, police told the Gazette at the time.

Schwartzlow remained in custody at the Rock County jail on Thursday in lieu of $15,000 bail.

Contact Joe Taschler at (414) 224-2554 or jtaschler@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @JoeTaschler or Facebook at facebook.com/joe.taschler.1.