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| Escapee in custody after day on the run |
| By Toledo Blade |
| Published: 03/24/2005 |
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A petite female inmate accused of escaping after hitting, biting, threatening to kill, and choking to unconsciousness an officer taking her to a prenatal appointment in Toledo, Ohio, was back in the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio yesterday, just under 24 hours after she broke loose. Aurelia Dyer, 21, of 642 City Park Ave., Toledo, was charged with felonious assault and escape after police apprehended her yesterday at a house on Fulton Street in the central city. She is to be arraigned today in Toledo Municipal Court. "She nearly took the life of one of our corrections officers," Jim Dennis, executive director of CCNO, said. Corrections Officer Lisa Osborne and Dyer were alone in a jail van about 1 p.m. Tuesday at St. Vincent Mercy Family Care Center, 2213 Franklin Ave., where Dyer, who is three months' pregnant with her second child, was to have a checkup. When Officer Osborne, who was unarmed, walked to Dyer's seat, Dyer attacked her, jail officials said. She choked Officer Osborne to unconsciousness three times with her restraint chains, punched her in the face, and bit her arm, telling her she would kill her if she didn't stop fighting, according to an arrest warrant. Because they were in the van, no one heard Officer Osborne yelling for help, jail officials said. Dyer used her restraint chain to choke the officer, jail officials said, because Dyer's petite build - she weighs 120 pounds - gave the chain more slack than it would have on most inmates. When Officer Osborne was unconscious, Dyer stole a handcuff key and fled in stocking feet. Authorities at the regional jail said they would interrogate Dyer on why she escaped. It is the second escape from the corrections center since it opened in 1990. The other escapee in 2000 was apprehended two days later in Stryker. Dyer was serving a 90-day jail sentence from Lucas County Common Pleas Court for forgery. She recently completed a 45-day sentence from Toledo Municipal Court for petty theft, drug paraphernalia, and disorderly conduct. |
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