August 21, 2008
Ohio: Escaped Inmates Caught
Officers have found four inmates who escaped from the Columbiana County Jail sometime Sunday night. Mark Foden and William Merritt of East Liverpool, Jason Heffner of Salineville, and John Hamilton of Salem were reported missing from their cells just before six o'clock Monday morning.
But Investigators say the convicts were spotted even earlier about ten miles away from the jail, possibly driving a dark green '95 Buick that was reported stolen from a nearby driveway. "We know where they were at 1:30 in the morning, in a vehicle which we suspect is this Buick", says Columbiana County Sheriff Dave Smith.
Like something straight out of a movie, the inmates apparently tunneled through the electrical and plumbing duct work in the jail, before popping a hatch on the roof…
LINK - WYTV.com Youngstown, Ohio
