It was the proverbial short taste of freedome for a Webster County inmate over the weekend.

Jordan Mefferd of Fort Dodge escaped from the Webster County Jail  by propping open a third-story exit door to the late Saturday night and using sheeting to climb down the alley. The car Mefferd was driving was later halted using stop sticks.  Meffard is now back in the pokey, along with a  passenger in his car, Destiny Sumpter. Mefferd was charged with felony eluding and felony escape while Sumpter was charged with violation of probation and aiding and abetting felony escape.