Prisoner escapes from work crew

Police search for escaped prisoner along Gov. Printz Boulevard. (Photo: Delaware Free News)
Police search for escaped prisoner along Gov. Printz Boulevard. (Photo: Delaware Free News)

Isaiah ThompsonEDGEMOOR, DELAWARE (6/9/2015) A prison inmate escaped from a work crew north of Edgemoor this morning, the Department of Correction reported.

Isaiah Thompson, 25, of Wilmington, a work release offender assigned to Plummer Community Corrections Center in Wilmington, fled the work crew in the area of Gov. Printz Boulevard and Cauffiel Parkway.

Thompson is serving a work release sentence for an attempted carjacking conviction, said Department of Correction spokesman Jason Miller.

He is described as 5-feet-8, 175 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair. He has tattoos on his chest.

Anyone with information on Thompson is asked to call the department at 302-761-2800.