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Inmate arrested after escaping Cleveland House of Correction in prisoner van with weapons inside

Posted at 3:09 PM, May 26, 2017
and last updated 2017-05-26 15:12:45-04

An inmate escaped from the City of Cleveland House of Correction Friday morning, taking off in a prisoner van containing corrections officers' weapons. 

Around 10:55 a.m. corrections officers returning inmates from the court to the House Of Correction drove into a secured sally port section of the property and brought the inmates into a booking area. 

However, according to Cleveland police, the officers did not secure one female inmate or the door to the sally port. 

An inmate —later identified as 37-year-old Crystal Bullins — ran out, tried to climb a fence and then got into the running prisoner van. She drove through a fence and off the property, police said. Inside the van were the officers' weapons. 

A short time later, Bullins was taken into custody by Highland Hills police. 

Police said she was originally in court for a contempt of court warrant and petty theft.