And weighs 140 pounds. He has a teardrop shaped tattoo below his right eye. Establishing mark. No doubt. At 6 00, we will look at the prisoner transport protocol to see if this incident could have been avoided. Live in jessup, im kevin lewis, abc7 news. Larry thanks. We are looking at the Wicomico County. The guards were transporting him when he escaped. Scott has more from the live desk on what the team found out. Scott they call this a Detention Center. This is a county jail with issues. I have the issues right here. In 2000, the u. S. Department of justice found the facility in rough shape. The d. O. J. Found the police understaffed, in need of repairs and the medical program needed an overhaul. It opened in 1988. Handles 6,000 offenders a year. Capacity is david watson arrived at the Detention Center thursday from a delaware prison. Usually the facility only hold inmates serving up to a maximum sentence of 18 months. Webster was here to face more charges. This type of the transport
The Wicomico County jail director telling us that the incident is under investigation. He had not made his way to the facility yet. The search zone is massive and it includes kavnous warehouses and the windy railroad tracks. We dont believe he is armed. The guards from the Detention Center due do carry weapons but they secured them in the lock boxes inside the van before opening the door. There are a lot of Unanswered Questions about policy. He weighs 180 pounds and 58. He has a tear drop watson was transferred for psychiatric evaluation bull he is serving more than 100cheer sentence in delaware for firing into a Police Officer home. He is facing charges for a similar crime in maryland. But that trial was reportedly delayed because of the questions over watson competency. Police are warning, good to repeat this. This is considered dangerous. If you see him, call 911. You can help by going to the abc7 Facebook Page to share his photo and get it out to see his face. Abc7michelle break ne
Music festival promising a luxury getaway. The reality cheese sandwiches and tents. Tonight, the scramble to get off the island. Good evening on this friday. Im tom llamas, david muir is on assignment tonight. We begin with the breaking news from north korea. A u. S. Official confirming that north korea has launched a missile, traveling east toward the sea of japan. The test appears to have failed. President trump just now back at the white house after an event in georgia, and has been briefed on the test. Heres martha raddatz, with the details still coming in. Reporter despite warnings, threats and the display of american might, north koreas leader is not backing down. The missile was fired from an airfield in central north korea, a mobile launched missile single stage short to medium range missile, a kn17. It broke up after just minutes in flight. This is the third time the North Koreans have tested the missile. The last time, april 15th. It exploded shortly after launch. The launch
On the run, a massive search for this prisoner who escaped from guards in jessu p. Jonathan his name is david watson. He was serving a 100 year sentence. He broke out of a Psychiatric Hospital and has not been seen since. The authorities are releasing pictures of his distinctive tattoos in the hopes that somebody will spot him. Alison tom roussey is live with the search going on in jessup. Accused of is also trying to shoot into Police Officers home in maryland. Guards tooko county into a parking lot, when he got out of the vehicle, he shoved one of them and ran into the woods. Although they have been close to catching him, nothing has panned out. This is video of Howard County police in jessup. Initially he was handcuffed and had a chain around his waist. Somehow he was able to break free. If anybody sees him, they should know right away. He not only has a tattoo on his face but also a distinctive tattoo on his arm and on the back of his neck it says evil. There are some homes within
Attempted cop killer with a 100year prison term now on the run. A white male in a jumpsuit. The allout search to find him on the ground and in the air. Severe storms. Flash flooding hitting parts of the nations heartland. Cars floating down the street. Torrential hail pounding cars and roads. Whats still to come for the 40 million americans in the danger zone. Good morning. Sorry, i was talking to rob about whether he was going to wear a threepiece suit this morning. Anyway, lets get to our top story. You are looking at a live shot of the white house where donald trump is waking up on this day 100 of his presidency. If you do the math its only 6. 8 into his presidency and hes dealing with an unpleasant gift from the North Koreans in the form of overnight. Trump is going to spend much of this day in pennsylvania where he will hold a rally capping his first 100 days skipping the annual white house Correspondents Dinner back in d. C. The president has called the 100day mark a ridiculous s