SCIOTO COUNTY, Ohio — An escaped inmate is still on the loose, and the Scioto County Sheriff’s Office needs the community’s help in locating this individual.
Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman said that his office had received a call from the Star Community Justice Center (Franklin Furnace, Ohio) in reference to “2-3 male inmates escaping. The caller, officials say, told dispatchers that the inmates escaped possibly by climbing the fence.
The caller went on to ask that the Ohio Highway Patrol be notified of the incident.
Sheriff Thoroughman said multiple deputies responded to the area, along with troopers, to begin the search for the escaped inmates.
Reports say, upon the deputy’s arrival, a female was asked if she had witnessed anything to do with the escape. She stated no. This female, the Sheriff’s Office said, matched the description given by the employee of Star Community Justice Center. Deputies quickly relocated and detained her.
Sheriff Thoroughman said that Allie Elizabeth Angelo, went to the Star Community Justice Center with her ex-husband, Matthew Daniel Sladen, to assist her fiancée, Jeffrey Randle Fields, in escape.
Deputies obtained the location of Sladen, which was Walmart in Waverly, Ohio. Deputies spoke with Sladen and asked him to remain there. The Waverly Police Department was contacted and they responded and located Mr. Sladen, detaining him until the arrival of Scioto County Deputies.
While deputies were speaking with Sladen, Fields was located and arrested by the Deputy
Webster on Junior Furnace Road. The Ohio State Highway Patrol located and detained escapee, Clifford Tyler Morris, who was located on Junior Furnace Road as well.
Sheriff Thoroughman said the next day deputies were dispatched to the Norfolk and Southern property off of Hayport Rd in reference to two suspicious persons. Upon the arrival of deputies, they observed the two individuals walking towards route 52. The suspects ran from deputies and a request was made to the Portsmouth Police Department for their K-9 unit to track the suspects.
The Portsmouth Police Department responded, as well as the Ohio State Highway Patrol, according to the Sheriff. The K-9 began tracking the suspects and one of the suspects, Aaron Brigeman, emerged from the wood line and began walking on the railroad property, where he was detained and arrested by Deputy Tackett-Dye. Deputy Tackett-Dye asked Bridgeman where the other escapee was.
The deputy was advised to look at the end of Selby Ave. near a mobile home. Escapee Walker Pence, officials said, was located in the woods next to the mobile home.
Currently the Sheriff’s Office reports that one inmate is still on the run. Thomas Charles Comberger, age 46, of 294 S. Walnut St., Wilmington, Ohio. He is described as 6’4” and 245 lbs with brown hair and blue eyes.
Sheriff Thoroughman asks the public to call 9-1-1 if Comberger is spotted.
Escapees arrested were Jeffrey Randle Fields, age 37, of 321 Prange Dr. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Clifford Tyler Morris, age 33, of 623 Polk Sabina, Ohio, Aaron Brigeman, age 43, of 15 Ridge Ave. Dayton, Ohio, and Walker N. Pence, age 22, of 26080 Poplar Alley New Holland, Ohio. Arrested also, Allie Angelo, age 32, of 450 Champlain St. Akron, Ohio. Angelo was arrested for Aiding Escape. Matthew Sladen, age 31, of 459 Champlain St., Arkon, Ohio. Sladen was arrested for Aiding Escape, and Possession of Criminal Tools.