Posted on 05/31/2005 11:29:15 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch
FLORESVILLE — An inmate at the Wilson County Jail on 10th Street made a quiet escape from custody Monday, driving away in a county-owned pickup truck while he was working as a trusty in the jail’s vehicle-maintenance shop.
Ryan John Bonar, 19, of Michigan, made his way off the jail grounds at about 5:45 p.m. in a Ford F-150 pickup truck.
Bonar was described by Wilson County Sheriff Joe Tackitt Jr. as a nonviolent offender who last week was sentenced to six years in state prison on a burglary conviction. The Michigan man was also wanted on an out-of-county warrant for grand theft. That charge stemmed from a vehicle theft, the sheriff said on Tuesday morning.
Sheriff’s deputies and other law-enforcement officers fanned out across the county in search of the fugitive, who was believed to have driven away on C.R. 329 as he fled from cus-tody.
“He took a pair of bolt cutters and a county truck,” Tackitt said.
Bonar had no money at the time of his escape, and he has no friends or family in the area, the sheriff said. His flight from custody appeared to baffle Tackitt, who said the escapee could now face another 12 to 15 years in prison as a result of his actions.
In addition, the teenage fugitive had earned himself a reputation as a “good worker” at the maintenance shop since he began working there as a trusty about a month ago, Tackitt said. Why Bonar would go on the lam mystified the sheriff, Tackitt admitted.
“I don’t know if it’s a spur of the moment type of thing or what,” Tackitt said. “It doesn’t make any sense.”
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Wilson inmate caught after he drove off from jail
Web Posted: 06/01/2005 12:00 AM CDT
Jeorge Zarazua and Vianna Davila
Express-News Staff Writers
A Wilson County jail trusty who escaped in a shortbed pickup from the facility's maintenance shop was caught without incident in Kerrville on Tuesday night.
A tipster called the Wilson County Sheriff's Department around 8 p.m. Tuesday, telling authorities he'd spotted the truck parked in front of a house in Kerrville, Tackitt said.
Deputies told him to call the Kerrville Police Department, who soon arrested Bonar at the house.
Wilson County sheriff's officials planned to transfer Bonar back from Kerr County early today, he said.
The sheriff was unsure of Bonar's relationship to the people in the home, and investigations will continue into his escape.
Bonar now could face charges for escape and for unauthorized use of motor vehicles, Tackitt said.
A few years ago, a couple of Houston teenagers fled the Texas prison where they were incarcerated when they only had a few months to go.
When captured, and facing at least 5 more years, they said,"They were homesick."
Not revealed in the newspaper was their IQ range.
"Not revealed in the newspaper was their IQ range."
Probably not high enough to be eligible for execution.
There are several privately owned prisons operating in Texas. I live less than a mile from one.
He was probably going to a low security facility. When he is captured, he will probably go to a high security, state run hellhole now.
hello my name is ryan bonar smart thing to say to a kid aand to his family hope something happends to ur family member one day and u relize people make bad choices but they change i did i have a job and a family
How are things going now? Who is your favorite presidential candidate?
How you doing, ryan?
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