GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio — Police issued an alert Friday morning for an escaped inmate who is on the loose from the Garfield Heights jail.
The wanted man has been identified as 34-year-old Donnie J. Thomas. Police warn that he is to be considered “violent and dangerous.”
Thomas is described as 6 feet tall and 200 pounds. He’s bald with brown eyes.
The escape happened at 7:49 a.m. Friday after the suspect allegedly attacked a jailer. He had been arrested just hours earlier for a robbery offense, police say.
Thomas was last seen running eastbound on Oak Park Boulevard wearing a white T-shirt and black jeans with a light gray stocking cap.
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