SEVERAL AGENCIES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STATELINE WERE INVOLVED IN A MANHUNT FOR AN ESCAPED PRISONER.
¤ AROUND 8:30 THIS MORNING, OPP POLICE CHIEF NICKY CARNLEY SAYS JERMAINE PATE ... WHO WAS HANDCUFFED AT THE TIME RAN FROM THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT MIZELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
THE 26-YEAR-OLD WAS BEING HELD AT THE CITY JAIL ON A MISDEMEANOR ALCOHOL- RELATED CHARGE.
AFTER ABOUT 2-HOURS ON THE RUN, PATE WAS FINALLY FOUND IN A DRAINAGE DITCH.