An Allen County prisoner, Jacob John Gray, being evaluated at Osawatomie State Hospital after being arrested here for drug violations, escaped from the hospital Thursday.
Hospital authorities said Gray walked away from a lunch outing with other patients.
The escape didn’t sit well with Sheriff Tom Williams.
Hospital authorities weren’t “forthcoming with facts related to the incident when questioned by deputies and refused to give details that might have assisted in apprehending Gray before he left the Osawatomie area,” Williams said in a press release. “Why Gray, who was in custody, was allowed out of a secure area is not known.”
Allen County deputies have learned that Gray was seen at a convenience store in Osawatomie, and stayed there for several hours before disappearing, Williams added.
Osawatomie police officers later took a report of a stolen car — a 2001 Pontiac Grand Am with 273 DXB Kansas license tag number. Any notice of the car should be reported immediately to 911, Williams said.
Allen County prisoner escapes at Osawatomie
