A SANTA CRUZ COUNTY INMATE, WHO ESCAPED FOR A FEW HOURS TODAY, IS BACK IN CUSTODY. SANTA CRUZ COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON DAN CAMPOS SAID THE “INMATE ESCAPE INCIDENT” BEGAN SHORTLY BEFORE NOON AT DOMINICAN HOSPITAL. THE INMATE WAS THERE FOR AN M.R.I, AND WHEN IT WAS DONE THE DEPUTY WENT TO PUT THE SHACKLES BACK ON AINSWORTH. HE FOUGHT THE DEPUTY, AND RAN. SHE CAUGHT HIM ON HOSPITAL PROPERTY AND THEY FOUGHT AGAIN. HE MANAGED TO GET THE DEPUTY’S TASER AND TASED HER, AND GOT AWAY INTO THE PROSPECT HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD. THE DEPUTY SUSTAINED SOME INJURIES, HOWEVER SERGEANT DAN CAMPOS SAYS SHE IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER. THE MOTHER OF A 2ND GRADER WHO IS A STUDENT AT DELAVEAGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAID THE CHILDREN WERE SCARED, BUT OK. 24 YEAR-OLD TEMPORARILY-ESCAPED INMATE MAURICE AINSWORTH WAS TAKEN BACK INTO CUSTODY (WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INCIDENT) THIS AFTERNOON, FROM A HOME ON THE 100 BLOCK OF ENGLISH DRIVE.
THE YOUNG UKRANIAN COUPLE, WHO LIVE IN THE HOME AINSWORTH BROKE INTO THIS AFTERNOON, (AND THEIR PARENTS WHO ARE VISITING), WERE SCARED, BUT OTHERWISE UNINJURED IN THE INCIDENT.
