Authorities expanded the ground search yesterday after police received a report of a possible sighting. A local employee called 911 around 9:30 a.m. after spotting a man near the railroad tracks behind a building in the 8200 block of Dorsey Run Road. The caller reported that the man was wearing a white hard hat and a safety vest and ran when he was spotted. Authorities believed the man was Watson, who had escaped from the grounds of Clifton T. Perkins Hospital while on a transport in the custody of Wicomico County Detention Center guards on April 28. Police are in contact with the caller, who will be eligible for a reward.
With the assistance of multiple jurisdictions, police searched throughout the day with helicopters, bloodhounds, K9s, and teams of officers. Around 9:40 p.m., tactical officers were rechecking terrain, including a small drainage pipe, approximately 18-20 inches wide, a few hundred yards from the morning's sighting. Although the pipe had been confirmed empty earlier in the day, officers with night vision equipment rechecked the area after dark. They found Watson lying inside, attempting to hide. He was taken into custody in good condition and suffered minor scrapes and injuries during his time in the woods.
After being arrested last night, Watson was taken to Howard County Central Booking and charged with escape and assault. He will be transferred in a maximum-security transport to the correctional facility in Delaware where he is currently serving a sentence of more than 100 years. Investigators believe Watson did not plan the escape in advance or receive outside assistance.
Search teams have determined that Watson continued moving throughout the six days he was on the run. There are indications that he had traveled a distance of at least a mile in different directions, according to bloodhound trails on various days and the location of the break-in where a vest and hard hat were stolen.
19 comments:
Looks like he got THUMPED !! Resisting arrest ?? Maybe ??
I Demand people at WCDC get FIRED.
1000 crawl back in your hole
6 days on the run and only made it 1 mile. Not very resourceful, probably better off staying in prison and letting them take care of him.
Well his living conditions just improved dramatically!
Moved a mile and it took Rent a Tactical 6 days? Way to go "men"!
Who would have thought to look in a drainage pipe for an escaped convict!
Joe, You're making this stuff up, right?
Hey 10:00, here you are demanding someone get fired before you know the whole story or from what you have read. Put yourself in the guard(s) situation and then think about it before you open your mouth. Cracker jack key board warrior!
Pete
I demand less rights for inmates and more power for the detention officers.
Here's what I would like to know.
When this story first broke they flat out stated that they had found the handcuffs and shackled inside the van. NOW they stopped mentioning that fact and are simply stating close by.
I want to know WHY the MSM hasn't caught onto that and WHY they are more then likely covering it up.
This detail is extremely important.
BS this guy should have had extreme oversight just based on who he was.
ps who is this the WCDC commisioner lol.
The k9 dogs need RE TRAINED.....Meowwwwww
Are u on the chopping block ???????
All officers know on escort duty > If the prisoner escapes=
"It is Their ASS" and expect to be Fired or even charged !
Warden should be FIRED too ....since THE BUCK STOPS WITH HIM
His room just got an upgrade.
YUP Or we will have another Smyrna.?
This poor guy ate from garbage cans and drank pond water.... Who cares? He roughed it a few days. It was more important than any other news today as per our idiotic local media.
Top picture is a homeless shelter, the bottom picture is where they found him.
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