PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Trustee Walks Away
Public Information Officer:
November 23rd, 2009
Cpl. Kevin Tieman,
Cass County Sheriff’s Office
816-380-8615 (Office)
816-738-4394 (Cell)
A Cass County trustee walked away from the Cass County Jail Monday morning around 9:15 am. The inmate walked away from the Cass County Jail and allegedly stole a car from a nearby residence in Harrisonville. Harrisonville Police Officers in the area located the vehicle shortly after it was stolen and pursued the vehicle into the county south of the Justice Center. The vehicle crashed and the subject fled into a wooded area 3 miles southwest of Harrisonville.
Deputies and law enforcement officers from Harrisonville and the Missouri State Highway Patrol assisted in a search of the area. The subject was located in a field moments later and taken into custody without further incident around 10:30 am.