Inmate bilks $1,250 from faulty prison phone

A Florida jail inmate used a glitch in its phone system to pay for a bond to get himself out.

The system charges inmate accounts for calls but refunds the money if the call does not go through. But the system was reimbursing inmates twice for incomplete calls.

Larry Stone repeatedly made calls and hung up until he had more than US$1,250 (€870) – enough to pay his bond to get out of jail.

Stone, who had been arrested in April on property-crime charges, was rearrested within hours.