An Argos man allegedly attempted to escape lawful detention twice this week.
According to Marshall County Community Corrections officials, Jeffrey Campbell, 35, was a client and arrived Monday morning for a case management meeting at the office in the Community Resource Center. Campbell had been sentenced to Community Corrections on December 31, 2020 on a misdemeanor charge of resisting law enforcement.
During that case meeting, Campbell reportedly failed a urine drug screen. As a result, he was handcuffed and was to be transported to the Marshall County Jail.
After he was placed into handcuffs, Campbell fled from the office on foot, according to the report. Two Marshall County Community Corrections officers engaged in a chase. Campbell was reportedly running through the parking lot toward a vehicle when Director Ward Byers caught up to him. Campbell allegedly tried to get into the vehicle, but Byers attempted to stop him. Campbell continued to struggle, but Byers eventually successfully detained Campbell, according to the report.
Campbell was subsequently charged with escape as a Level 5 Felony.
Two days later, on January 27, Campbell, an inmate at the Marshall County Jail, was transported to the Plymouth hospital at approximately 9:38 a.m. While using the bathroom at the hospital, Campbell allegedly forced the door closed and locked it from the inside. He proceeded to remove several ceiling tiles to access a metal platform in the ceiling in an attempt to escape custody, according to the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department.
Officers from the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department, Plymouth Police Department, and Indiana State Police quickly located Campbell in the ceiling over the Emergency Room. Campbell reportedly did not comply with officers to surrender and continued to attempt his escape. Officers ended up having to use ladders to remove him from the ceiling and successfully detain him, according to the report.
A report will be forwarded to the Marshall County Prosecutor’s Office for review of additional charges of escape from lawful detention and resisting law enforcement.
Suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
