The Escaped Convict Alert Program, known as E-CAP, sends wireless alerts automatically to smartphones — similar to an Amber Alert — and is geographically targeted to the area surrounding an escape.

The man who escaped a prison in northwest Ohio last Tuesday has been found dead in the Ohio River. Bradley Gillespie, 50, was reported missing alongside 47-year-old James Lee from the Allen-Oakwood ...

SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - Legislation designed to notify Ohioans when a felon escapes custody is on its way to the governor’s desk to be signed into law. On Thursday, the House of Representatives ...

An inmate at the Montgomery County Jail in Dayton, Ohio, attempted to escape from the jail recently, but fell through the ceiling and into the hands of waiting deputies, video obtained by WHIO-TV ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A registered sex offender who escaped police custody and was arrested after two months on the run in Ohio will spend at least a decade in prison. According to the Franklin ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A new alert system, similar to the Amber Alert, has been signed into law by Gov. Mike DeWine to help Ohio communities track down escaped convicts. The Escaped Convict Alert Program ...