Dumb move! Inmate mailed instructions to blow a hole in the wall of a North Carolina jail so he could escape, but ‘mailed instructions to the WRONG address’ – Murder convict Sean Damion Castorina, two accomplices charged
NC murder suspect planned to escape jail by detonating home-made bombs that would bring down the prison walls and expedite his escape
Sean Damion Castorina, 43, mailed bomb-making manual and instructions to blow a hole in the wall of a North Carolina jail so he could escape
The letter with detailed plans was mailed to the wrong address, and the recipient notified authorities
Shannon Douglas Gurkin, 23, and Dakota Lee Marek, 24, were also arrested
Authorities believe Gurkin, Marek and Castorina are connected by their political views on anarchy
Sean Damion Castorina, [photo], sent a letter with instructions on blowing a hole in the side of the Alamance County Jail so he could escape, but it was sent to the wrong addres, foiling the plot
Authorities in North Carolina said a man jailed on a first-degree murder charge had an explosive escape plan.
Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson says 43-year-old Sean Damion Castorina sent a letter from jail containing bomb-making instructions.
The sheriff says Castorina wanted two men to place the bomb on the Alamance County Jail’s south side, blowing a hole in the wall and allowing him to escape.
Gurkin and Marek were going to men to place the bomb on the Alamance County Jail’s south side, blowing a hole in the wall and allowing murder suspect, Castorina to escape
The conspirators, Shannon Douglas Gurkin, 23, of Graham, and Dakota Lee Marek of Burlington, NC, each are charged with malicious use of an explosive to damage property.
Gurkin, 23, and Marek, 24, were jailed at the same time with Castorina who recruited them into his scheme.
Sheriff Johnson believes that the three men became connected through their political views as anarchists.
‘I think these individuals were followers of Castorina,’ Johnson said of Gurkin and Marek.
Fortunately for the sheriff, that letter went to the wrong address.
The recipient opened the letter and found the jail’s building plans and the instructions to place an explosive on the wall to create a breach for Castorina’s.
The resident of the incorrect address alerted authorities.
Shannon Douglas Gurkin [left] and Dakota Lee Marek [right] conspired with Castorina in the explosive scheme for his escape
The Times-News of Burlington reports that Castorina now faces more charges, including felony conspiracy, planning to make a weapon of mass destruction and attempted escape.
He is being held on in solitary confinement until his trial.
His would-be accomplices, Gurkin and Marek, are also in jail, charged with malicious use of an explosive to damage property and each one held on $1 million bonds.
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