Prisoner’s Act Tricks Filmers, Wins Freedom

JOLIET, Ill. — An inmate who tricked a movie crew into giving him a ride out of a maximum security prison remained at large Sunday, and a statewide search for him continued.

Daniel F. Duane, 32, who was serving a 15-year term at Stateville Correctional Center for attempted armed robbery and five years for escape, told members of the movie crew Saturday that he was a prison employee, a Department of Corrections spokesman said Sunday.

Stateville is the backdrop for the movie “Weeds,” starring Nick Nolte, and some inmates have been used as extras during the filming.