An administrative investigation has revealed that two Virginia Department of Corrections officers, responsible for monitoring Naseem Isaiah Roulack, acknowledged being asleep when he managed to escape from a hospital in August, per FOX News.
The investigation disclosed that Roulack’s metal handcuffs and leg restraints were replaced with nylon
“flex cuffs”
during his hospital visit for an MRI procedure. However, the assigned COs never switched it back to the secure metal cuffs.
Roulack, a 21-year-old inmate serving a 13-year sentence for aggravated malicious wounding, grand larceny, and hit-and-run charges, successfully fled before 6 a.m. on August 12. He has since been connected to a carjacking and kidnapping incident in Maryland, near Washington, D.C. The U.S. Marshals Service has issued a warning that Roulack should be considered
“armed and dangerous.”
To facilitate his capture, both state and federal authorities are offering a combined reward of $20,000. As for the officers involved, the department’s press release states that they have resigned after admitting to being asleep during the incident.
“I thank the Special Investigations Unit for their thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding Roulack’s escape,”
VADOC Director Chadwick Dotson said in a statement.
“The Department will learn from these findings to ensure that we are providing the most effective incarceration, which leads to lasting public safety for the Commonwealth.”
#Clique, what are your thoughts?
