***UPDATE***
Date: June 24, 2022
Escaped Suspect Captured Overnight
Ulysses Andre Roberson is back in custody. MPD Crime Interdiction Unit (CIU) agents utilized several leads and tips from citizens, help from MPD shift officers, license plate reader cameras, undercover tactics, and the Georgia Department of Community Supervision to track down and locate Roberson. At approximately 2:30AM CIU agents took Roberson back into custody at 610 Franklin Gateway, the Super 8 motel.
We would like to publicly address the comments on social media that point blame at the hospital and their staff. The responsibility for guarding an inmate falls solely on law enforcement. We appreciate our ongoing partnership as well as all the assistance we receive from Wellstar staff. This entire incident is being reviewed by the MPD senior command staff to determine exactly what occurred and prevent this from happening again.
Roberson was cooperative and has been booked into the Cobb County Adult Detention Center facing the initial narcotics charge (VGCSA Intent Distribute Cocaine) as well as Felony Escape .
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ICYMI - here is the original release:
Date: June 23, 2022
Narcotics Suspect Escaped From Custody
A suspect that was taken into custody on narcotics charges last night escaped custody while being observed at Kennestone Hospital. MPD received a tip that an individual had been involved in a shooting and had at least one gunshot wound. The tip stated the suspect would be on Cobb Parkway near the Southern border of the city limits and included a vague vehicle description. After searching the area for over an hour the vehicle was located. The suspect, thirty-seven-year-old Ulysses Andre Roberson of Austell fled the scene, abandoned his vehicle in an apartment complex, and again fled on foot. MPD canine officer Jacquo tracked the suspect into the woods where he was arrested at approximately 8:30 PM. Roberson is believed to have been involved in a shooting that occurred earlier in the evening outside the city of Marietta. Roberson had distribution amounts of crack cocaine in his possession, was arrested and transported to Kennestone Hospital for treatment of two fresh gunshot wounds. Around 1:45 AM he was able to break the handcuffs that held him to the hospital bed and slip out of the hospital undetected.
There were no injuries reported during this incident and no immediate cause for concern for the general public.
Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Ulysses Andre Roberson is urged to call 911 immediately.
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