Barrow County Sheriff's deputies are searching for an inmate who walked away from a work detail at about 2:45 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12. Sheriff Jud Smith said Ross Eugene Hilmo of 478 Browns Bridge Road in Auburn was part of a nine-inmate crew cutting grass on county property along Tom Miller Road between Highway 81 South and Haymon Morris Road. Hilmo requested permission to use a nearby restroom but instead kept walking.
The sheriff said the deputy guarding the work detail could not follow Hilmo because he had to continue supervising eight other inmates. Hilmo is described as a white male, 5-feet 10 inches tall and weighing about 180 pounds. He has brown hair and a slight beard. He was last seen wearing an orange jumpsuit and black boots. He was not armed when he left the detail. Anyone with information about his whereabouts is urged to call 911.
Ross Eugene Hilmo
Let him come by my place...my safety is off and I am a really good shot...
Second, work details are usually with "Trustees." Inmates who are on the verge of being released. Only having one person supervising is not uncommon.
As for Kyle's comment. If you really believe it is easy to locate someone, you obviously have never been put in the situation. It doesn't matter what a person wears, you can have a Vegas Style Neon Light saying "I'm here!!" and in a heavily wooded area, it's extremely difficult. You're not looking for someone who wants to be found in this situation, so the difficulty is increased. If looking for a person was simple, do you think it would have taken us 11 years to locate Bin Laden? Look how long it took to locate Eric Rudolph.
The war on drugs isn't working. Spending billions of tax dollars building prisons for drug addicts on our dime is a crime in itself. Come on people.