Post by Scumhunter on Nov 21, 2017 11:30:57 GMT -5
(Above photo credit: Atlanta Journal-Constitution website)
From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution website (ajc.com):
U.S. marshals are searching for an inmate who escaped from an Alabama jail, terrorized multiple people and abandoned one of the victims in metro Atlanta, authorities said.
Authorities found that victim and his vehicle early Tuesday in Douglasville, but there was no sign of fugitive Shane Anthony Vernon, according to WSFA-TV in Montgomery, Ala.
Vernon, who previously escaped during booking on Oct. 29, got away again about 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Coosa County Sheriff Terry Wilson said in a news release.
Coosa County is about 65 miles southeast of Birmingham.
“An investigation revealed that Vernon was allowed out of his cell to use the inmate telephone system,” the sheriff’s office said in the release. “While Vernon was using the phone, he noticed that the Correctional Officer on duty had failed to properly secure one of the doors in the area.”
Vernon went through that door, gained access to the ceiling of the jail, went around four security doors and escaped from the facility, according to authorities.
The officer’s actions are under investigation.
After escaping, Vernon broke into a home in Rockford, Ala., where he robbed the residents, tied them up and drove off in their 2016 Ford Fusion, according to the sheriff’s office. He later dumped that vehicle just south of the Coosa-Elmore county line and ran into the woods.
He turned up again Monday in Titus, Ala., where authorities said he tied up another family at gunpoint, stole a red mini bike and abandoned it, too, according to WSFA-TV.
That same day, Vernon kidnapped a man in Wetumpka, Ala., and took his van, according to officials. The van and the victim were found Tuesday in Douglas County, the news station reported.
Local officials were not immediately available for comment.
Vernon is considered armed and dangerous. He is 5-foot-9 and about 130 pounds, authorities said. He has tattoos on his fist, forearm, neck and shoulder.
Anyone with information about Vernon’s whereabouts is asked to call 911 or Central Alabama CrimeStoppers.
He is wanted on multiple charges, including unlawful imprisonment, robbery, theft of motor vehicle and second-degree escape.
www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/breaking-search-for-fugitive-turns-metro-atlanta/84QygOySAdMxAuredOyV8H/
Central Alabama Crime Stoppers Facebook page: www.facebook.com/215stop/photos/a.111358815571681.6145.110621948978701/1896395280401350/?type=3&theater
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