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Indiana police searching for man who beat jail guard, escaped

Posted October 06, 2011 12:00 am

Associated Press

TIPTON, Ind. — Police have been searching a central Indiana cornfield for a man who authorities say assaulted a jail guard and escaped during a hospital trip.

The Tipton County Sheriff’s Department says the man who had been arrested on suspicion of robbing a pharmacy ran away from Tipton Hospital about 1:15 a.m. Thursday. He was taken to the hospital because officers believed he might have been under the influence of drugs.

WRTV reports officers were searching a farm area east of Tipton after a sheriff’s deputy spotted the man in the area some 30 miles north of Indianapolis.

Tipton police Capt. Gordon Tocco says the man is believed to have robbed a pharmacy Wednesday evening, taking prescription medicine and ordering workers into a restroom as he fled.

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