Possible prisoner escape at Michigan corrections facility, Whitmore Lake MI
Other CrimesAn alert was issued due to a possible prisoner escape at the Michigan Department of Corrections facility near Lemen Road and the Rod and Gun Club. Authorities activated a siren and established a perimeter. Initial reports suggested a training drill, but further checks could not confirm this. The last sighting of the escapee was near the back gate of the facility. Officers coordinated a search and patrol of the surrounding area to locate the individual.
Audio|Source: Livingston County Public Safety/MSP District 1 North
03:46
Transcript:
00:00
I'm being advised by a sergeant from NDOC here that the siren is from a training drill that they were conducting inside the prison.
00:09
Okay.
00:15
Okay, Ken and 14.
00:18
Did you have any info on that?
00:21
I'm on the phone with him now.
00:23
The license plate comes back to Eric Bennett out of Lansing, but it says canceled out of state, and that name is not an employee at their prison.
00:31
But I don't know what state. I was going to start working on that.
00:34
Claire.
00:35
554 and Emmer 1. It may be a corrections training employee over at the training facility.
00:42
I've got 548 inside the facility checking with us. I have to see if he's a cadet there.
00:47
Okay, clear.
00:49
Just see 554. He said he could look up everybody who works for MDOC, and that name is not an employee.
00:55
Okay, I'm clear. I'll let you know when I get a phone call back from 548. What do you find?
00:59
Okay.
01:05
106
01:10
704 what type of vehicle did that plate come back to this to make sure it's proper
01:15
priority to living stone on zero
01:17
Chrysler 21 A firm that's the vehicle at the plate time
01:27
Central CP1 can please leave a back-on-night Gregory call
01:34
And just so you guys know, I'm on the phone with Whitlam. They said the siren is going off due to the escaped prisoner, possibly.
01:40
Not training, not training whatsoever.
01:43
Bye when I'm sorry.
01:49
I'm sorry. I'm speaking with the inspector.
01:52
They are doing a count right now. They cannot confirm one.
01:57
Somebody is escaped as shit.
01:59
I'm clear, I'm on the phone with them, but it's just in an in-case, that's why they got the siren going.
02:08
On that three on me.
02:10
Judge.
02:12
Can you, I got the inspector with me, can you let me know what gate they saw them run from?
02:18
Uh, just let the uniforms know we're going to have some use season area as well around the prison there.
02:23
The only information we have is the bat gate, the bat gate.
02:28
Okay, and do you have a uniform color for them?
02:33
Plain close.
02:34
You see.
02:36
I'm quick.
02:39
554 on Eamer 1. The last known location that the caller saw the man run was north on Lehman on the paved path across the street from the Rod and Gun Club.
02:49
There's two different gates back there. One of them is locked just south of that location.
02:55
And even more south of that, there's a second gate where all the construction crews have opened.
03:00
We'll have police marking up,
03:02
but just let them know that we'll be up there.
03:06
Sir.
03:08
305. You have me hour one?
03:10
Go ahead.
03:11
You know, any mile cruising bag on board?
03:14
Clear.
03:20
1245, 1240 direct.
03:22
Go ahead.
03:28
Until we get an update from MDLC, do you want to get started on a perimeter?
03:36
I think we've got unit set up, we'll issue more.
03:44
39-31 arrival in Green Oak.
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Location mentioned:
Near Lemen Rd, Whitmore Lake, MI 48189
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