Posted 10:51 am Wednesday, September 26, 2007
3 Escapees From Nacogdoches Jail At Large
From Staff and Wire Reports
East Texas law enforcement officials are on alert today for three inmates who escaped from the Nacogdoches County Jail.
Smith County Sheriff J.B. Smith said his office was made aware of the escape and that patrol units were aware of who the men are.
“If you see these men then immediately call any law enforcement,” he said.
Nacogdoches Sheriff’s officials identify the escapees as Marcuese Eugene Tyler, 24, of Lufkin; Jose Guillermo Portillo, 32, of Russellville, Ark.; and Antonio Martinez, 20, of Nacogdoches.
The trio apparently slipped through an unsecured door Tuesday, went through a recreational area, over two fences and then out of the jail complex, officials said.
A Colorado-based company inspected the locks and fences earlier this week and apparently left one lock unsecured, said Sheriff Thomas Kerss.
An indicator to alert guards that the door had been opened was not working, said Kerss.
Martinez had been arrested in connection with the November street racing deaths of three people, authorities said.
Tyler was jailed on three charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, resisting arrest, evading arrest and probation violations.
Portillo was incarcerated and charged with possession of a controlled substance, records show.
East Texas law enforcement officials are on alert today for three inmates who escaped from the Nacogdoches County Jail.
Smith County Sheriff J.B. Smith said his office was made aware of the escape and that patrol units were aware of who the men are.
“If you see these men then immediately call any law enforcement,” he said.
Nacogdoches Sheriff’s officials identify the escapees as Marcuese Eugene Tyler, 24, of Lufkin; Jose Guillermo Portillo, 32, of Russellville, Ark.; and Antonio Martinez, 20, of Nacogdoches.
The trio apparently slipped through an unsecured door Tuesday, went through a recreational area, over two fences and then out of the jail complex, officials said.
A Colorado-based company inspected the locks and fences earlier this week and apparently left one lock unsecured, said Sheriff Thomas Kerss.
An indicator to alert guards that the door had been opened was not working, said Kerss.
Martinez had been arrested in connection with the November street racing deaths of three people, authorities said.
Tyler was jailed on three charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, resisting arrest, evading arrest and probation violations.
Portillo was incarcerated and charged with possession of a controlled substance, records show.
