WORTH Center resident taken into custody after leaving facility

ALLEN COUNTY, OH (WLIO) - A man is now in custody after leaving the Western Ohio Regional Treatment and Habilitation Center. The Allen County Sheriff's Office says that a resident of the WORTH Center left the facility around 1 o'clock Friday morning.

WORTH Center resident taken into custody after leaving facility

The sheriff's office as well as American Township police and the Ohio State Highway Patrol set up a perimeter around the center and deployed their drone unit to search for the man. A mailman spotted someone in a white jumpsuit just on Berryhill Road and proceeded to call authorities and the man was taken into custody.

No further details are available at this time.

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