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Green Hill inmate at large after fleeing through hole in fence

Updated at 10:27 a.m.

By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CHEHALIS –  An inmate at Green Hill School in Chehalis escaped last night apparently through a hole cut in the fence.

Officers called about 9 p.m. to the state-run juvenile incarceration facility at the south end of town were told the teen was on a maintenance detail, then ran off, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

A hole was found cut in the fence and another staff member reported seeing an older red car in the area, honking its horn and flashing its lights, Chehalis Deputy Chief Randy Kaut said this morning.

“We think whoever was there to pick him up probably made the hole,” Kaut said.

Kaut said 19-year-old Dominic A. Adams was doing time at Green Hill for escape. He said he didn’t know the underlying offense, or what part of the state he is from.

Officers last night requested a K-9 to conduct a track, but there were no police dogs available Kaut said.

He expected detectives this morning would be conducting inquires into where Adams might have friends or family.

Green Hill School is a secure facility for older juvenile boys incarcerated for felonies and operated by the Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration, under the state Department of Social and Health Services. It sits between Interstate 5 and Southwest Pacific Avenue north of Southwest Parkland Street.

It was November of 2010 when a 16-year-old inmate-student climbed out his window during the night, took wire cutters from an unlocked building on the campus to cut a hole [1] in the fence, and was discovered missing the following morning. He was picked up in Yelm three weeks later.

Chehalis police are asking anyone with information on last night’s incident to contact Lewis County dispatch at 360-740-1105.