Wheeling Rapist Escapes From Jail
1 Man Apprehended In Indiana Prison Escape
  Joshua Michael Ridings |
Posted: 9:03 am EST February 25, 2008Updated: 10:52 am EST February 25, 2008
WHEELING, W.Va. -- Authorities in Indiana say a man accused of kidnapping and raping an 11-year-old Wheeling, W.Va., girl last February has escaped from jail.Sheriff Marvin Heilman said 28-year-old Joshua Michael Ridings of Owensboro, Ky., and 22-year-old Larry G. Miller of Boonville, Ind., fled from Indiana's Warrick County jail Sunday night. Heilman said the two climbed onto a roof and jumped across an exterior fence. Miller was apprehended, but details were not immediately available. Heilman described Ridings as a "career criminal" who was wanted in three other states. Ridings was named in a one-count federal indictment in Clarksburg, W.Va., last month. The indictment alleges he took a girl from West Virginia to Belmont County, Ohio, to engage in a sexual act with a person under 12.
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