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Search is on for Three Halfway House Escapees
Posted Wednesday, September 16, 2009 ; 04:37 PM | View Comments | Post Comment


Three men escape, overnight, from New Outlook Halfway House in Belmont County.

By Jim Forbes
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Morristown, OH --  Authorities are on the lookout for three men who escaped from the New Outlook Halfway House in Morristown, Ohio. Police are searching for Matt Gossett, Matt Wilson and Dustin Ruckman, all white males in their early twenties. They are driving a 2005 Purple Trailblazer. Authorities say the trio escaped at around 3:30 Wednesday morning. If you have any information on their whereabouts, call the Belmont County Sheriff's Department.

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Mom
9/21/09 at 2:09 PM
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I'am not going to debate with what you believe is the truth. However I would like to Thank Deputy Jones and Deputy Shipp for their professional handling of this case and for the understanding of the emotional toll this has on the family.
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Keven
9/20/09 at 6:21 PM
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They escaped. If Dustin is innocent why is he running? There has to be a reason. As for the mind set of the Sheriffs department every deputy I have talked to and even worked with has been highly professional. And I'm sure that each escapee has came in contact with there family since they ESCAPED.
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Mom
9/18/09 at 6:39 PM
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Hey I understand that the three were court ordered into treatment but to call them ESCAPEES is way over the top. Dustin checked himself into treatment and it wasnt a locked facility nor has he been TRIED and found GUILTY of the charges against him. WHAT HAPPEN TO INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY? The disease of addiction is more power than people understand ,not a excuse but the TRUTH, just ask any addict....As his mom, I'am scared for my son's life, not only because of the possibilty of an over-dose but also because of the mind-set of the local sheriff department. Please dont Judge, until you have walked in their shoes. I pray every night for his safety and that I wont be burying my son. Dustin, We love you....

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