GREENSBURG, Pa. – (WPXI) – An escaped inmate from Ohio who was spotted twice Sunday in Westmoreland County was arrested early Monday morning in North Carolina, authorities said. The Gallia County Sheriff’s Office said Christopher Clemente, 24, (second from left) was among a group of four inmates who escaped from the Gallia County Jail in Ohio after overpowering two female corrections officers. Clemente and two of the other escapees were taken into custody about 2 a.m. Monday in Cary, North Carolina, Gallia County Sheriff Matt Champlin said. Officials said a tip led police to a Red Roof Inn, where the three inmates were found in a car in the parking lot. The inmates escaped from the jail early Sunday morning, using a homemade weapon to overpower the corrections officers, investigators said. They then forced open a secure door, entered the jail’s administrative wing and stole keys to a corrections officer’s vehicle and drove it about a block away, where another vehicle awaited them, Champlin said. According to Champlin, authorities believe the four escaped inmates had help from at least one person outside the jail. The last man was arrested in Durham, North Carolina on Monday.
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September 30, 2019 4:14 am