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Hostage situation quickly ended
By The Associate Press
Published: 08/07/2008

OHIO - An officer from the Noble County correctional facility was taken hostage Wednesday while driving an inmate on Interstate 70 to the Franklin County Jail. Authorities say 27-year-old James Gillman slipped out of his handcuffs, reached over the back seat of a sheriff's van and overpowered 68-year-old Ken Jackson.

Gillman then forced Jackson to give him money and drive him to a relative's house in Columbus. When they arrived at the home, Gillman yanked out wires to the van's radio and ran inside. Jackson flagged down a Columbus Police Officer, and city swat officers soon surrounded the residence. Read more.

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