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A Utah inmate remains on the loose Thursday after escaping from a jail by shaving his head and posing as another man who was set to be released, police say.
Kaleb Wiewandt, who has been convicted of mail fraud, was allowed to walk out of the jail in Ogden on Tuesday because staff thought he was inmate Matthew Belnap, according to Weber County Sheriff’s Lt. Joshua Marigoni. Belnap, who pleaded no contest to retail theft charges, was set to be freed that night after spending more than 70 days at the facility.
But when jail staff called for Belnap to gather his belongings, surveillance footage shows it was Wiewandt who grabbed his stuff and left, according to court documents viewed by the Associated Press.
On Monday, Belnap had helped Wiewandt shave his head to look like him and he also gave Wiewandt his identification card, authorities said. Wiewandt then recited Belnap’s date of birth and Social Security number to jail staff before he was released.
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Article URL: https://www.foxnews.com/us/utah-jail-escape-shave-head-identity-swap