Three of the six men who escaped from the Van Buren County Jail early Tuesday morning have been found. Deputies say Peter Boulette, Randy Crisel, and Thomas Martin IV were found near Wal-Mart off Highway 65 in Clinton. Boulette was found at 3:45 Wednesday morning. The other two were discovered about 5 hours later.
The six escaped around 3:00 a.m. Tuesday, but weren’t discovered missing until around 6:30 in the morning. The sheriff says they were able to poke a hole in the ceiling and climb out. It’s the same way two men escaped only 4 months ago. Since then, the sheriff put sheet metal on the ceilings, but the six men found a way to get around it without the jailers catching them.
“Every hour they are supposed to do a head count and check the pods and make sure everything is OK and looking at the paperwork, it looks like it was done, and how they missed this, I don’t know,” says Van Buren County Sheriff Scott Bradley.
If you’ve seen the men or know anything about where they might be hiding, call the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Department or your local police department.
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