(LEX 18) — Authorities are looking for an "armed and dangerous" inmate who they say is on the loose after he allegedly escaped from a Lexington facility.
The Kentucky Department of Corrections says Kyle Aaron Skaggs was released from incarceration and was placed in the home incarceration program (HIP) at the Hope Center for Men in Lexington. He walked away from that facility on Monday. The Fleming County Sheriff's Office says Skaggs lived in Flemingsburg prior to his incarceration.
According to court documents, Skaggs pleaded guilty to amended charges of possession of a firearm as a convicted felon and sentenced to two years in prison. The court says imprisonment was necessary for Skaggs at his sentencing because "there is a likelihood that during a period of probation with an alternative sentencing plan or conditional discharge, [Skaggs] will commit a Class D or Class C felony or a substantial risk that [Skaggs] will commit a Class B or Class A felony."
If anyone has information regarding his whereabouts, contact Fleming County Dispatch at (606) 845-2121 or the Kentucky State Police at (606) 784-4127.
Editor's Note: In an earlier version of this article, we reported that Skaggs escaped from a Lexington correctional facility, which was information we received from the Fleming County Sheriff's Office. The Fayette County Detention Center later reached out to us and said he was never in custody there and was, instead, at a rehab center in Louisville. We later learned from the Kentucky Department of Corrections that he was part of a home incarceration program at the Hope Center in Lexington when he walked away from that facility.
