for: Tannock Blair, Nexstar Media Cable
Aware: April 17, 2022 / 13:35 PDT
Updated: April 17, 2022 / 13:35 PDT
JAMES CITY COUNTY, Virginia (WRIC) – Virginia State Police are searching for a pair of felons who escaped from a Virginia psychiatric hospital on Sunday.
Eastern State Hospital in James City County requested Virginia State Police to investigate and search for the two patients, 29-year-old Bryant Marcus Wilkerson and 31-year-old Austin Preston Leigh.
Both suspects are convicted felons with outstanding warrants, police said.
Leigh has outstanding warrants for drug offenses in Virginia and Wilkerson is wanted for a felony probation violation. Both patients now have additional arrest warrants for escaping from a mental facility, issued by the Department of Behavioral Health and Development.
Wilkerson is considered armed and dangerous, according to the Virginia State Police.
Anyone with information on Leigh or Wilkerson, or their whereabouts, is asked to contact the Virginia State Police at 757-424-6800 or email [email protected].
