An Alabama sheriff says evidence suggests that one of his corrections officers helped a capital murder suspect escape. Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton provided more information about the disappearance of assistant director of corrections Vicky White and suspect Casey Cole White, who was also serving 75 years for a string of violent crimes in 2015. …
Corrections officers allegedly waited 12 hours to report the prisoner’s accidental release
Two inmates allegedly escaped from an Oklahoma jail Friday by creating a rope out of sheets — which they used to rappel down from a 12th-story window. According to KOKH, the Oklahoma County Detention Center said they learned at 7 a.m. that one of their inmates, Jose Hernandez, 33, was picked up by authorities. Jail …
Recently-released surveillance footage reportedly shows an inmate at an Ohio jail fall through a ceiling while trying to escape from jail late last month. WHIO, who obtained the footage, reported that the video shows Jessica Boomershine, 42, at Montgomery County Jail. Boomershine and another man were jailed late last month for allegedly breaking into a …
Police in Alabama announced they have apprehended a missing teen girl and a registered sex offender who escaped from prison last week. From AL.com, Bessemer and Hoover police captured John Gillespie, 30, and Peyton Ledlow, 16, in Bessemer on Monday morning. Authorities said the pair was taken into custody after they crashed on Interstate 459. …
Authorities in Arkansas are searching for two inmates who reportedly escaped from a county detention facility early Thursday and remain on the run. According to KATV, Jason Michael Brown, 31, and Geronimo Espericueta, 47, were discovered missing from the Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility at 2:13 a.m. Officials suspect the pair escaped via a bathroom …
Authorities say a 30-year-old man remains on the loose after he allegedly escaped police custody on Saturday, kidnapped a woman and took off in a police cruiser when officers in another state attempted to recapture him. According to ABC News, authorities in Oklahoma caught up with Travis Lee Davis on Wednesday after receiving a tip …
Authorities in Texas say a man facing criminal charges related to two homicides has been recaptured after he escaped custody early Sunday. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Cedric Marks is the ex-boyfriend of a woman whose remains were found along with those of her male friend inside of a fire pit in Oklahoma. After his arrest …
GREENUP, Ky. (AP) — A jail inmate who escaped from authorities and tried hitchhiking along a highway didn’t enjoy freedom for long because the motorist he flagged down was a law enforcement officer. Greenup County Jailer Mike Worthington told The Independent that 31-year-old Allen Lewis was being transported on Tuesday to face charges in another …
Authorities in South Carolina say a man who had recently escaped from jail was fatally shot in the head by a woman inside the home he invaded. According to Fox News, 30-year-old Bruce McLaughlin Jr. physically assaulted a guard at a Pickens County correctional facility this week and was able to make it out of …
Oklahoma authorities continue to search for a convicted murderer who reportedly posed as his cellmate and bailed out of prison on Friday. Oklahoma prison officials said county deputies and state troopers all over the state are working to apprehend a “violent individual,” Patrick Walker, 34. Citing officials, ABC News reported that Walker escaped the Payne …
Authorities in Maine were still searching for a convicted killer who escaped from a state prison late last week, according to recent reports. As the New York Post reported, 65-year-old Arnold Nash, sentenced to 45 years in prison after he was found guilty of murder in 1992, was set to be released as early as …
