Orange County deputies continue their search for a suspect who escaped from the Dr. Phillips Hospital on Wednesday.
Investigators say, the suspect had been involved in a grand theft of cash earlier, in a store located at 8135 Vineland Avenue. A worker who chased the suspect out of the store, was beaten and the man escaped into a wooded area.
A K-9 was able to track the suspect and he was arrested. But investigators said, he suffered a medical issue and lost conscious during the arrest process.
Shortly after the man arrived at Dr. Phillips Hospital, he fled as is still at large. The suspect’s name has not been released
Dr. Phillips Hospital was put on lockdown for 40 minutes, but is now re-opened.
