Tag: Escapes

Arizona teen escapes bear attack with nasty scratches

An Arizona mom was counting her blessings Monday after her teenage son escaped from a black bear that barged into their family cabin with only some nasty scratches across his face and arm. “This really could have been a lot worse,” Carol Edington Hawkins told NBC News. “We’re still in disbelief that this happened, but […]

Delphos couple escapes serious injury in fatal crash

May 24—DEFIANCE — A Delphos man and two passengers in the vehicle he was driving escaped serious injury in a highway crash Thursday that left a Defiance man dead. According to a statement from the Defiance post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the fatal crash occurred shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday at the intersection […]

Central American weasel escapes from British zoo

May 21 (UPI) — A zoo in England is asking the public to keep an eye out for an escaped tayra, a weasel relative native to Central America. The Hemsley Conservation Centre in Fairseat said workers arrived to find the female tayra had escaped from its enclosure when the weld mesh was damaged. The tayra […]

An attack on a prison van in France kills 2 officers. An inmate escapes

PARIS (AP) — Armed assailants killed two French prison officers and seriously wounded three others in an attack on a convoy in Normandy on Tuesday and an inmate escaped, officials said. A search was underway. The convoy was transporting prisoner Mohamed Amra to Évreux jail after a court hearing in Rouen when it was ambushed […]

Inmate from Fresno County escapes from conservation camp: CDCR

SUISIN CITY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – An inmate from Fresno County who was housed inside the Delta Conservation Camp in Solano County escaped from the facility on Monday, according to state officials. According to the California Department of Corrections of Rehabilitation, 36-year-old James Xiong was last seen around 7 a.m. during breakfast. He failed to report […]

Third inmate escapes from same Kentucky facility in less than a month

Officials are searching for an inmate who escaped from a facility in Madison County, a site where two other inmates have escaped in less than a month. The latest inmate to escape is 38-year-old Tyler Branstetter, of Glasgow, according to Kentucky State Police. Branstetter walked away from the Bluegrass Career and Development Center just before […]

Manhunt underway after inmate escapes from Newton County hospital

Police, deputies and Georgia State Patrol Troopers are searching for an inmate who escaped from a hospital on Saturday afternoon. Kendrick Hurst, 34, escaped from Piedmont Newton Hospital in Covington. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Hurst was arrested on April 28 on charges of terroristic threats, fleeing or attempting to […]

Second inmate escapes from same Kentucky facility in just over two weeks

Officials in Madison County are searching for an at-large inmate that walked away from a facility Tuesday afternoon, according to Kentucky State Police. Cody Hatfield, 27, from Shepherdsville, escaped from the Bluegrass Career and Development Center just before 4 p.m. KSP said Hatfield was last seen wearing a white t-shirt and black/white lounge pants. KSP […]

Manchester man escapes Haiti with the help of son, NH delegation

Amidst growing gang violence and unrest, a Manchester man was able to escape Haiti in late March after being trapped for roughly a month. Frantzy Saintelus was born and raised in Haiti. He moved to the United States when he was 14. His family settled down in Manchester, New Hampshire and he has lived there […]

Elephant escapes circus, wanders through Montana traffic

April 17 (UPI) — An elephant escaped from a traveling circus in Montana and went wandering through traffic in Butte. Silver Bow County Chief Executive J.P. Gallagher said the female elephant, named Viola, escaped from the Jordan World Circus on Tuesday and went walking down the middle of Harrison Avenue amid heavy traffic. Sheriff Ed […]