Inmate escape from Silverdale reported on 911 website

Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, Chattanooga Police Department won't confirm search for escapee

Johnny Edward Seidal
Johnny Edward Seidal
photo Johnny Edward Seidal

The Hamilton County 911 website showed Sunday afternoon that law enforcement was searching for a man who escaped from the Silverdale Detention Center.

The 911 site said the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office was on the scene at 1:01 p.m., and officers on police radios chattered about someone jumping the fence.

But spokesmen for the sheriff's office and the Chattanooga Police Department declined to confirm if their agencies were searching for an escapee, referring questions to a Silverdale media liaison who did not respond to a request for comment.

Silverdale is a 1,062-bed facility operated by Corrections Corporation of America.

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