Is accused of assaulting one of his own employees and shes only 16. Police are worried there could be other victims. Good evening. Police are concerned because they say this Restaurant Owner attacked this employee after only having known her for a couple of days. Police say last month palamino hired a 16year old girl to work at his restaurant. 2 days later he locked up the business and assaulted here. Her he quickly ran over to nearby called for help. Police are concerned because if he did this to her he could have done this to someone else. It was you know, a very brief time that she had actually worked there. And it was almost the start of her second shift. He faces 3 counts of Sexual Battery against a minor. If you know anything about this case contact the Sarasota Police department. An escaped Polk County Police found 45year old flanagin this morning in lakeland. Reporter good afternoon. He was here working at this maiy when he got in one of these trucks and took off. Deputies foun
Blocked. Reporter she got caught in the middle of the manhunt. Deputies looked in her car for the suspect joseph flanagin. He looked in my back seat i had my brother back there. We had to turn around. Reporter this is hd video of that search near flanagins last known address. Deputies finally found him this morning a few miles away in north lakeland. Court documents show flanagin was arrested in september for petit theft. His third conviction. He was granted trus this allowed him to work outside under supervision. But it turns out this trustee wasnt so trustworthy. Around 3 30 yesterday his supervisor noticed he was missing from the bartow maintenance facility. He had stolen a fleet truck and took off. Soy was it too easy for him to escape . Will this change how you vet the people that are in the program or supervise them . Process improvement is something every agency looks rules of the program and hes going to be hell held accountable for that. Reporter neighbors say it shouldnt have