Authorities searching for 'potentially dangerous' escapee
By Sarah Gantz, Globe Correspondent
Authorities are searching for a 38-year-old man who escaped the hospital he was taken to after injuring himself at the courthouse in New Bedford Tuesday.
Anthony Flye was at New Bedford Superior Court for arraignment on an indecent exposure charge, the Bristol County District Attorney's office said in a statement. He is considered "potentially dangerous."
Flye, a resident of Nantucket and Swansea, was taken to St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford after he was injured by jumping from the top of a stairwell at the court, the statement said.
Flye also faces charges of child rape and indecent assault and battery on a disabled person. As of Tuesday night, he had not been apprehended, said district attorney's spokesman Gregg Miliote.
