RSW inmate walks away from work-release jobsite

FRONT ROYAL –  A Hagerstown, MD. man serving a sentence at the Rappahannock-Shenandoah-Warren Regional Jail apparently walked away from his work-release assignment Wednesday afternoon, according to officials.

Matthew Perry Michael walked away from his work-release job with Warren County Parks & Rec. Wednesday, officials say.  Photos from RSW Regional Jail.

A media release from RSW Superintendent Russell S. Gilkison states that on January 17, at around 3:00 p.m., the RSW Regional Jail received notice that RSW Community Custody Work Force inmate Matthew Perry Michael was missing from his work assignment with the Warren County Parks and Recreation Department.

At 6:25 a.m., Michael was transported, along with other Work Force inmates, by Warren County Parks and Recreation personnel to their work assignments at the Warren County Maintenance Shop. The RSW Regional Jail staff was notified around 3:00 p.m. that Michael could not be found. The Warren County Sheriff’s Office was subsequently contacted and a warrant for escape was obtained for Michael.

Matthew Perry Michael, 36, was convicted of Probation Violation on October 16, 2017, by the Warren County Circuit Court and sentenced to 1 year and 11 months, with eight months to serve. He had been following a two-year supervised probation program after receiving a suspended sentence for a Felony Grand Larceny conviction in 2015, according to online court records.

Work Release and Public Work Force was authorized by the Warren County Circuit Court.  Michael was scheduled for release on April 24, 2018.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Matthew Michael is encouraged to contact Investigator Brad Pugh at the Warren County Sheriff’s Office at 540-635-4128.

Michael has this tattoo on his right bicep.

Right wrist tattoo.

Left arm.

Left forearm.