Update: Escaped Prisoner Found Riding a Bike

Update Sept. 9, 4:10 p.m.: The hunt for Jason Adams ended at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday when a Hillsborough County deputy spotted him riding a bicycle on Broadway Avenue at Harris Parkway Place. The deputy pulled him over and asked for identification. Adams told the deputy who he was, sheriff’s office spokeswoman Cristal Bermudez Nunez wrote in an email to media. That admission resulted in Adams trading his bike for a ride in the back of the deputy’s cruiser. He is being booked into the Orient Road Jail.

Update Sept. 9, 7 a.m.: The sheriff’s office says Adams is likely no longer in Pasco County. The search continues elsewhere.

Update Sept. 8, 6:58 p.m.: Pasco County deputies and personnel from the Florida Department of Corrections are continuing their search for Jason Adams. Deputies have found Adam’s prison uniform, so residents should be aware that he is likely wearing other clothing at this time, Pasco Sheriff’s spokesman Kevin Doll wrote in an email to media.

The sheriff’s office helicopter is conducting a search and bloodhounds from the DOC are on the scene. A command post has been set up on State Road 54, west of State Road 56.

Residents who see anything suspicious in the area are asked to contact 911 right away.

Update Sept. 8, 6:07 p.m.: The photograph and name of the prisoner who escaped in Pasco County Monday has been released. He is 27-year-old Jason Adams, according to the Florida Department of Corrections.

“Preliminary information indicates that he walked away while going to the
bathroom in the woods while on a road work detail,” Pasco County Sheriff’s spokesman Kevin Doll wrote in an email to media.

Adams has multiple tattoos and is described as being 5 feet, 10 inches tall. He weighs about 164 pounds and has strawberry blond hair and brown eyes. He was serving time on a number of charges, including grand theft and burglary of a conveyance, according to the corrections department.

Adams was not under the supervision of the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office at the time of his escape.

Earlier:

The hunt is on for a prisoner who escaped custody in the Lutz area Monday afternoon.

According to Pasco County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Kevin Doll, the man escaped from a Sumter County work detail in the area of State Road 54 and Oak Grove Boulevard. Doll emailed media about the escape at 5:22 p.m.

Anyone who sees a white man in a prison-blue uniform with white stripes is asked to call 911 immediately.

No further details about the man, his identity or why he is in jail are available at this time.

Stay with Patch for updates as they become available.