Freedom Fleeting For Man Who Fled Local Courtroom
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
A Warsaw man's freedom was short-lived after he bolted from a courtroom Thursday morning at the Kosciusko County Justice Building.
Juan Gallegos, also known as Juan Rivera, was in Kosciusko Circuit Court and had just been sentenced by Judge Rex Reed to a four-year prison term for dealing marijuana, a Class C felony.
As Gallegos, 18, of 2942 U.S. 30E, Warsaw, removed his jacket, a witness said he scanned the room then ran for the door. He made it down the steps and out the front door of the building before anybody was able to react.
After a short foot chase north of the county offices, Gallegos was taken into custody. A preliminary charge of escape was added on when he was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail for sentencing. [[In-content Ad]]
A Warsaw man's freedom was short-lived after he bolted from a courtroom Thursday morning at the Kosciusko County Justice Building.
Juan Gallegos, also known as Juan Rivera, was in Kosciusko Circuit Court and had just been sentenced by Judge Rex Reed to a four-year prison term for dealing marijuana, a Class C felony.
As Gallegos, 18, of 2942 U.S. 30E, Warsaw, removed his jacket, a witness said he scanned the room then ran for the door. He made it down the steps and out the front door of the building before anybody was able to react.
After a short foot chase north of the county offices, Gallegos was taken into custody. A preliminary charge of escape was added on when he was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail for sentencing. [[In-content Ad]]