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<\/p>\nThe Brief<\/p>\n
A 36-year-old robbery suspect attempted to escape custody on Sunday by climbing into a ceiling grid at Charlton Methodist Medical Center in Dallas.<\/p>\n
The inmate surrendered without further incident after police tracked him through the confined ceiling space using a DeSoto K-9 unit.<\/p>\n
No injuries were reported, and the suspect now faces additional criminal charges as the investigation continues.<\/p>\n
DALLAS – A 36-year-old aggravated robbery suspect is expected to face additional charges after the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department says he attempted to escape custody by climbing into the ceiling above a hospital restroom.<\/p>\n
Dallas hospital escape attempt<\/p>\n
Local perspective<\/p>\n
The Dallas County Sheriff’s Office states that the incident happened on Sunday, July 12, while the inmate was receiving treatment at Charlton Methodist Medical Center in Dallas.<\/p>\n
In the statement sent to FOX 4, the inmate was wearing leg restraints and was being monitored by a deputy while being treated in the hospital room. The mate asked to use the restroom and was escorted there by the deputy.<\/p>\n
While inside the restroom, authorities said, the inmate removed a ceiling tile and climbed into the ceiling in an apparent attempt to escape from law enforcement.<\/p>\n
Police K-9 Unit tracks inmate![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/kdfw_fox_local_articles_173\/f91b93d59240dfe34c137dd28891976d.jpeg\"\/)
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The deputy discovered the inmate was missing and immediately notified Methodist Hospital Police. Dallas police officers and a DeSoto police K-9 unit also responded to the hospital.<\/p>\n
Dig deeper<\/p>\n
According to law enforcement officials, a hospital engineer told responding officers that the ceiling space above the restroom was confined to a limited area, allowing law enforcement to track the imae through the space.<\/p>\n
The suspect surrendered after hearing the approaching K-9 unit and was taken back into custody without further incident.<\/p>\n
No deputies, hospital staff, patients or members of the public were injured, the sheriff’s office said.<\/p>\n
Additional charges coming<\/p>\n
What’s next<\/p>\n
The attempted escape remains under investigation. Authorities said the inmate is expected to face additional criminal charges related to the incident.<\/p>\n
The Source<\/p>\n
Information in this article was provided by the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief A 36-year-old robbery suspect attempted to escape custody on Sunday by climbing into a ceiling grid…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[131842,131843,131841,102,104,103,131840],"class_list":["post-372240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-ceiling-grid","tag-ceiling-space","tag-charlton-methodist-medical-center","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-robbery-suspect"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}