HCSO searching for suspect who escaped custody at Ben Taub Hospital

HOUSTON (CW39) — Deputies in Harris County are looking for a man who escaped custody while being taken to a hospital on Friday.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said that Carlos Hernandez was being transferred by a District 1 unit to Ben Taub Hospital around noon Friday. He was arrested following an aggravated assault call at the 9800 block of Berry Orchard Lane.

But at the hospital around 4:45 p.m. Hernandez, 27, escaped custody, deputies said.

If you see him or have any information about his whereabouts, please call 911 immediately or Crime Stoppers of Houston at 713-222-TIPS (8477)…

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