In 1986, during an inmate transfer from New York City to a facility upstate, Tackmann was able to hold up a Department of Corrections bus from the inside. He did so with the help of a handcuff key he had purchased on the prison black market and a realistic looking gun he had made from soap, black paint and scrap metal.
Tackmann locked the guards in the back and drove the bus back to Manhattan. He might have gotten away with his audacious scheme if he didn't heed the other prisoners calls to free them too. A pair of inmates ended up jumping Tackmann, in hopes of getting their sentences reduced.




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