Two of the three inmates who escaped from the Bond County Jail at Greenville early Thursday morning have been apprehended in Indiana. The third remains at large. Bond County officials say 26-year-old Joshua Frith and 21-year-old James Hickman were arrested when Sullivan County, Indiana authorities conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle stolen from Carlyle.
Meanwhile, 28-year-old Brian Wilt remains at large. Wilt was being held on forgery charges, Frifth on drug charges and Hickman on sexual abuse charges. The Bond County Sheriff's Department reports the three escaped when a correctional officer unlocked a cell door to deliver items to the cell. The correctional officer was struck and knocked to the floor by one of the inmates.
The inmates escaped through a rear jail door that had been unlocked for maintenance. The sheriff's department then received a report of a stolen vehicle south of Greenville at 4:30 Thursday morning. Carlyle Police observed the stolen vehicle southbound on Route 127 in Carlyle about 15 minutes later.
The stolen vehicle turned onto a side street and the occupants exited the vehicle and fled from the police. Carlyle Police, the Clinton County Sheriff's Department, Bond County Sheriff's Department deputies and canine, Greenville Police canine, and Breese Police searched a large residential area of Carlyle.
At approximately six Thursday morning, two vehicles were reported stolen in the same area of Carlyle. The case remains under investigation by all of the departments and the U.S. Marshalls Service. - http://goo.gl/WNpQW
