INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Marion County sheriff filed court papers Wednesday requesting that a man accused of killing a deputy in a transport van be transferred to the custody of the Indiana Department of Correction.
Sheriff Kerry Forestal said in court documents that Orlando Mitchell poses a “risk of serious bodily injury or death to others,” news outlets reported.
A telephone message seeking comment on Forestal's request was left Wednesday for an attorney representing Mitchell.
Authorities say Mitchell, 34, , 61, in the van Monday after returning from a hospital visit to the Criminal Justice Center on Indianapolis' east side.
Mitchell then found Durm’s handcuff key, unlocked himself and drove the van a short distance from the detention center before crashing into a wooden pole, authorities said. Other deputies then returned him to custody.
He has not been charged in Durm’s death, and the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office has said a charging decision was not expected before “Thursday afternoon at the very earliest.”
Mitchell was being held Wednesday at the Johnson County Jail in nearby Franklin, according to .
He has been behind bars since September 2022 awaiting trial for the killing of his ex-girlfriend, Krystal Walton.
