Grace McAlister
Reporter1@riverbendnews.org
On Monday, Jan. 17, inmate Anthony Eugene Ward, 48, escaped from the Suwannee County Jail in Live Oak at 6:15 a.m. Ward was an inmate trustee and walked away from his assigned job at the Suwannee County Jail. Suwannee County Detention Deputies and Supervisors quickly began to notify Suwannee County Sheriff’s Dispatch Center, Patrol Division, Criminal Investigations Division and area State Correctional Institution K9 teams. During this time, information was developed that a person matching Ward’s description was observed walking in the US Hwy 90 area and 147th Rd. Suwannee, Hamilton, and Mayo Correctional K9 Teams responded to the area along with Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office deputies and investigators and began searching the area. K9 Teams were able to locate a track and began tracking the subject who was eventually identified as Ward. Ward attempted to flee from the K9 Teams on foot but was no match for the K9 Team Bloodhounds. Ward was captured on 153rd Rd., just south of Hwy 90 without incident. Online jail records show Ward was being held on a $45,000 bond for charges of larceny, fraud and exploitation of an elderly.