Raisins to the Rescue

Wisconsin prisoner tries to escape with bag of raisins, slashes hand

Wisconsin prison officials say an inmate is in solitary after he tried to escape from Columbia Correctional Institution.

Department of Corrections spokesman John Dipko says 49-year-old James Frederick was supposed to pick up food carts when he bolted for the perimeter fences.

He had stuffed his clothes with newspapers to protect him from razor wire that lined the top of the first fence. He also had a large bag of raisins with him.

Frederick still cut his hand on the razor wire and fell back to the ground. His bag of raisins got stuck in the razor wire.

Dipko says Frederick escaped from Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution in 1981 but was recaptured.

The Columbia escape attempt occurred about 5:45 a.m. on Tuesday.

Mountain Lion v. DNR

Puma treed. DNR in pursuit.

For 4 hunters who found the cat, it was a no-brainer: They liked the big cat more than the DNR.

DNR arrives. Trys to tranquilize cat. Puma leaves. Puma gets treed again.

That's when a tranquilizer-gun-toting DNR employee climbed up the oak tree to get a closer shot.

DNR arrives. Trys to tranquilize cat. Puma leaves. Puma gets treed again.

We've called our friends with dogs and told them if the DNR calls for help tracking the cat, tell them to go to hell.'

Puma last seen somewhere in northern Wisconsin. DNR hasn't been seen at all.