Search for escaped Ohio sex offender enters 5th day

GROVE CITY, Ohio (WCMH) – Police have yet to find an armed and dangerous registered sex offender, who escaped custody Thursday after being accused of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend.

Grove City police said on Monday that 38-year-old Quinntel Bagley remains wanted as an escaped prisoner. Police said that if anyone sees Bagley or knows any information to contact police immediately. They warned the public not to approach the escaped suspect as well.

On Friday, Grove City police released bodycam videos from the two officers escorting Bagley out of Fairfield Medical Center. The recordings showed the group walking out of the entrance, with one officer holding onto Bagley's arm and a female officer walking alongside a few feet away.

Within seconds of walking onto the parking garage's pavement, Bagley bolted away from the officer's grasp. Bagley then broke into a home and stole a car outside of the hospital in the 700 block of Pleasantville Road, according to Lancaster police.

He was seen driving a silver or grey Hyundai Santa Fe at the intersection of Coonpath Road and Old Millersport Road. Grove City police later said they had found the car abandoned in the area of U.S. Route 33 near the Hamilton Road exit.

A registered Tier II sex offender, Bagley had served 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping and felonious assault in 2012. Three counts of rape, two counts of felonious assault and one count of kidnapping were dropped as part of the plea agreement.

Bagley had about three of five years remaining of post-release control when he was arrested Thursday.