UPDATE: As of 11:10 a.m. on Monday, July 3, the subject has been contained in an area on Fort A.P Hill Base, but is still considered at large.
CAROLINE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The Caroline County Sheriff’s Office is assisting in a search for a detainee who has reportedly escaped from a detention facility.
According to authorities, 26-year-old Dennis Zeledon-Hernandez escaped from Caroline Detention Facility.
“At this time, it appears that he poses no threat to the community,” a release from Caroline County Sheriff’s Office reads.
The facility is a 336-bed correctional facility, located near Fort Walker — formerly Fort A.P. Hill — near Bowling Green. Through a contract with the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the facility houses federal detainees in the process of immigration court.
Law enforcement shut down a stretch of A.P. Hill Boulevard as part of the response.
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