Sheriff's Office: Freehold Man Attempts to Escape From Monmouth County Jail

Jeffrey Phillips wanted out. 

The 27-year-old Freehold man had been housed in the Monmouth County jail since Feb. 4 on charges of threatening to kill someone and attempting to cause bodily injury to another -- both stemming from an incident in Freehold Borough, according to jail records.

Phillips, of Schivera Ave., could not make his $12,500 bail.

So three days after he was first bought to the Freehold Township facility, Phillips scaled a recreation area wall  of “C-Dorm,’’ in an attempt to reach the roof of the county jail, according to an arrest warrant filed by the Monmouth County Sheriff's Office.

It didn’t work.

Phillips was charged with escape, according to the arrest warrant.

An additional $25,000 was added to his initial bail, bringing it to $37,500. He was still jailed Tuesday.