Updated
Updated · Fox News · Sep 17
Ohio Inmate Timothy Reaggle Attempts Courthouse Escape After 1-Year Sentence, Injuring 2 Deputies
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Sep 17

Ohio Inmate Timothy Reaggle Attempts Courthouse Escape After 1-Year Sentence, Injuring 2 Deputies

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 17

Summary

  • Video released by the Columbiana County Sheriff’s Office shows 20-year-old Timothy J. Reaggle slipping out of handcuffs, punching a bailiff and sprinting for a courthouse exit moments after sentencing.
  • Two Columbiana County deputies suffered broken bones when Reaggle struck one escorting him and crashed into another in the hallway before officers subdued him with a Taser near the front doors.
  • Reaggle had just received a 1-year prison term in a Feb. 14, 2025 case after pleading guilty in July to aggravated burglary, aggravated assault, aggravated menacing, failure to comply and two misdemeanor assault counts.
  • He is being held in the Columbiana County Jail pending transport to state prison, and Sheriff Brian McLaughlin said new charges are expected to include assault on a police officer and felony escape.

Insights

How did a convicted violent offender manage to slip his handcuffs and wreak havoc inside an Ohio courthouse?
Will the violent escape attempt that left two Ohio deputies with broken bones force a complete overhaul of courthouse security?
What drives an inmate to violently assault staff and risk major felony charges over a short one-year prison sentence?