Police search for escaped Johnson
Co. Jail inmate
From Staff Reports
Johnson County Police Department officers are
searching for a Johnson County Jail inmate who escaped Saturday.
Timothy Eugene England, 25, escaped around 3:30
p.m. from the recreation yard attached to the main jail facility.
Police said he climbed up a fence and through two rolls of
razor-wire before running into the woods.
Three jailers were on duty at the time, police
said.
Authorities said they found blood where England
escaped and believe he suffered chest, back and shoulder injuries.
He was last seen wearing an orange jumpsuit.
England was transferred to Johnson County from
Washington County to serve a probation violation sentence
and has previously been charged with identity theft, police
said.
He is described as 5 feet, 8 inches tall and
weighing about 165 pounds and has a grim reaper tattoo on
his right shoulder.
Police said England has a history of violent
tendencies and is considered to be dangerous.
The Johnson County Jail began accepting inmates
Jan. 30, and England is the first inmate to escape the facility.