A case of mistaken identification helped a Cowlitz County, Washington, jail inmate quickly escape the lengthy arm of the regulation.

The inmate, Brian Francisco Roman, has since been recaptured.

Mr. Roman, who was in jail on a drug possession cost, awoke Monday and heard a guard asking for a cellmate who was resulting from be launched that day. Since each males look related, Mr. Roman determined, in accordance with authorities, to impersonate his slumbering cellmate.

Mr. Roman was given his unnamed cellmate’s property, together with his clothes, keys, and a pockets containing a debit card and an ID. Mr. Roman additionally signed paperwork by forging his cellmate’s identify, and proceeded to stroll out of the jail, in accordance with a Facebook put up by the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office.

Jail workers solely realized of the error when mentioned cellmate awoke and requested when he was going to be freed.

On Tuesday, the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office notified the general public concerning the escape, asking for assist in recapturing Mr. Roman.

Mr. Roman now faces extra expenses of second-degree escape, first-degree prison impersonation, forgery, and each second and third-degree theft.

By Wednesday, Mr. Roman had been recaptured, the Cowlitz County announcement was edited to say.

Law enforcement didn't say how, the place, or when Mr. Roman was discovered.

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