An inmate escaped the custody of a Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Deputy while being treated at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas, about 3 a.m. Sunday, March 22, according to a spokesman for the sheriff’s department.
Brandon Banister, an inmate, had been sent for treatment to KU Hospital after being evaluated Thursday, March 19, by medical staff in the Wyandotte County jail, the sheriff’s spokesman stated. The sheriff’s spokesman could not release any information about his medical condition.
Banister was being held on local charges including distribution of controlled substances, possession of controlled substances and he has a parole violation hold out of the state of Missouri, the sheriff’s spokesman stated.
He is 34 years old, 5-11 and weighs about 220 pounds, according to the sheriff’s spokesman, and he was last seen wearing a hospital gown. His last known address was Riverside, Missouri.
The Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office is working with the KU Police Department and other local law enforcement agencies to locate Banister, according to the spokesman. Residents are asked to contact the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office or their local law enforcement agency if they see him.