For Immediate Release: August
5, 2006
Contact: OSHP - Lt. Tony Bradshaw or Sgt. Jon Payer (614) 752-2792
Media Contact: Ross County Sheriff’s Office (740) 779-6396
Task force seeks assistance in locating escaped inmate John Parsons
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John W. Parsons |
Angel wings tattoo |
CHILLICOTHE – A multi-agency task force, including local, state, and federal law enforcement, is continuing their search for escaped inmate John W. Parsons, who escaped from the Ross County Jail around 1:00 p.m. on July 29.
Parsons has brown hair, brown eyes, mustache, and goatee. He is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 185 pounds. He also has a large tattoo of angel wings across the back of his neck.
The task force includes the Ross County Sheriff’s Office, Chillicothe Police Department, Ohio State Highway Patrol, Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, U.S. Marshal’s Office, and Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
Crime Stoppers of Southern Ohio and Central Ohio has offered a $7,000 reward towards any information that assists law enforcement in arresting Parsons.
Anyone with information regarding the location of John Parsons is asked to call 740-772-9696 or 740-773-TIPS (8477) or 1-888-400-TIPS (8477).
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