Wheeling Rapist Escapes From Jail

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.