Escapee from Ohio booking center found soaking in hot tub at senior facility, authorities say
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Authorities apprehend an escaped inmate on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018, at an Ohio senior living community, in Waverly, Ohio. (Pike County Sheriff’s Office via AP)
A female suspect being booked on drug-possession charges was later found soaking in the hot tub of a senior living community in Ohio on Tuesday, several hours after she fled from custody, the Pike County Sheriff’s Office said.
The suspect – whom authorities identified as 34-year-old Autum Satterfield – was reportedly still wearing her yellow jail outfit when authorities found her.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Satterfield allegedly fled from a booking center on Route 23 in Waverly around 4 p.m., the Columbus Dispatch reported. Her flight prompted a joint-search by Pike sheriff's deputies, Waverly police, the State Highway Patrol and local fire departments, the report said.
Authorities found Satterfield nearly three hours later after a 911 caller reported a woman sitting in the hot tub of a senior community’s activity center in Waverly.
It wasn’t immediately clear how the woman ended up there.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The sheriff’s office said the woman is being charged with felony escape in addition to the initial charges for alleged heroin possession.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.