Inmate at large after escaping custody at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, authorities say

An inmate being returned to Wisconsin to face drug fees escaped a transportation officer at Chicago O’Hare Worldwide Airport on Tuesday after the officer turned away to get the inmate some meals, authorities stated. 

Tyler James Martinez, 31, was being extradited from Los Angeles to Wisconsin’s Brown County Jail when he escaped an worker of REDI Transports, a contracted service for the Brown County Sheriff’s Workplace.

Martinez escaped the REDI Transports worker round 1:10 p.m. whereas he was within the concourse at O’Hare awaiting a connecting flight to Wisconsin’s Appleton Worldwide Airport, the Inexperienced Bay Press-Gazette reported. 

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Martinez had quite a few extraditable Brown County arrest warrants, which included bail leaping, possession of cocaine, methamphetamine, narcotic medication, a stolen automobile, failure to look in court docket, and legal injury to property, the sheriff’s workplace stated.

Martinez was additionally needed for questioning relating to a number of burglaries, FOX 32 Chicago reported. 

REDI Transports had been advised to get Martinez from the Los Angeles County Jail – the place he was beforehand arrested — and produce him to the Brown County Jail. The officer and Martinez flew from Los Angeles to Chicago and have been awaiting the connecting flight.

A manhunt is underway for Martinez, who fled whereas the worker was buying the inmate some meals, in line with the Inexperienced Bay Press-Gazette. 

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United Airways staff stand in Terminal 1 at O’Hare Worldwide Airport, Oct. 1, 2020 in Chicago. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/Tribune Information Service by way of Getty Photographs)

Following the escape, a Chicago police assessment of surveillance footage on the airport decided that Martinez freed no less than one in all his cuffed arms earlier than leaving the terminal. He was final seen boarding a automobile rental shuttle bus, in line with the footage. 

Martinez was final seen carrying a grey sweatshirt, grey or black sweatpants, and darkish tennis sneakers with no lace, authorities stated. 

Brown County Jail
(Brown County Sheriff’s Workplace)

After the incident, the sheriff’s workplace suspended using REDI Transports for nationwide extraditions, pending the outcomes of an investigation. REDI Transports, previously Wisconsin Lock and Load, has transported prisoners on behalf of Brown County since 2007.

The county does not pay the contractor till the inmate is delivered to the jail, in line with the Press-Gazette.