‘Small, wiry’ Kesling sought in Bazetta escape

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Chad Kesling

By ED RUNYAN

VINDICATOR TRUMBULL STAFF

BAZETTA — Police are on the lookout for a Windham man who escaped from the back of a Bazetta police cruiser Saturday afternoon after he had been arrested for stealing three baseball caps from a clearance rack at Wal-Mart.

Police Chief Charles Sayers said Chad Kesling, 27, of 9630 East Center St., managed to slip one of the handcuffs off of his wrists and unlock a back door to the cruiser before fleeing on foot to the area behind the Elm Road Wal-Mart.

Sayers said the department sealed off the area. The canine unit of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources helped search the area, but Kesling was not found.

The full story will be in Tuesday’s Vindicator.

runyan@vindy.com