Inmate robbed bank within hour of release, police say
Man was among 31 inmates released from jail in budget measure
The Associated Press
Posted: Nov 30, 2012 10:34 AM ET
Last Updated: Nov 30, 2012 10:29 AM ET
Thirty-one inmates leave the Lane County Jail in Eugene, Ore., Thursday as part of a budget measure in this photo from the Eugene Register-Guard. One of the men was accused of bank robbery less than an hour later. (Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard )
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Eugene, Ore., authorities are accusing a man of robbing a bank less than an hour after being released from jail as part of a budget measure.
The Register-Guard newspaper reported that Eugene police arrested 33-year-old Christopher Franklin Weaver shortly after a Thursday robbery at a Pacific Continental Bank branch. He was returned to jail.
Weaver was among about 30 inmates released from the Lane County Jail at 11 a.m. The bank was robbed at 11:55 a.m.
County sheriff's Sgt. Carrie Carver says "this isn't necessarily a worst-case scenario, but it's a very bad case."
Weaver was previously jailed on a parole violation stemming from a conviction for second-degree sexual abuse.
Sheriff Tom Turner said recently he needed to withdraw several dozen jail beds because federal demand for space in the jail had decreased, meaning that the county was receiving less money.
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