UPDATE - Escaped inmate arrested and is in custody.

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Original post:

The Licking County Sheriff’s Office wants citizens to be on the alert for an escaped inmate.

38-year-old Jacob Davidson escaped Thursday night from the Twin Valley Behavioral Health Hospital in Columbus.

Davidson was transferred to the facility December 20. He was indicted for felonious assault, discharging a firearm on or near a prohibited premises, disrupting public services and improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle after shooting incidents involving Crawford and Morrow Counties.

Licking County Sheriff Randy Thorp said Davidson is also a suspect in Licking County for firing upon and damaging a public utilities station. He was known to have resided in a home on Sinkey Road in Hartford Township in Licking County.

Sheriff Thorp said if anyone sees Davidson to call 911 immediately as he’s considered armed and dangerous.

Click here for link to WHIZ news article.