(WXIN/WTTV) — An inmate who used a bathroom break to escape police custody while being transported from Nevada to Indiana in 2024 is still on the run, according to local officials.
Nicholas D. Rhodes, 37, has been charged in Putnam County with felony escape after allegedly running away from a jail transport car last June. Court documents obtained by FOX59/CBS4 detail what led up to Rhodes’ arrest and eventual escape.
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An arrest warrant was issued for Rhodes on Sept. 27, 2023, after he allegedly failed to appear in court for a Status Conference. After months of no activity in his case, authorities learned in April 2024 that Rhodes had been arrested in Clark County, Nevada.
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The Putnam County Sheriff’s Department then arranged for Rhodes to be taken back to Indiana, contracting SGI Avalon Transport to carry out the cross-country trek. The SGI transport crew arrived in Nevada on June 3, 2024, to transport Rhodes.
However, Rhodes reportedly refused to come out of his jail cell and further refused to travel back to Indiana by plane. Given the circumstances, SGI decided to reschedule the transport and move Rhodes by car…