Colt Lyerla, a former tight end at Oregon, has escaped from a county jail in the state and authorities have issued a warrant for his arrest, The Oregonian reported Friday.
Lyerla was two months into a six-month sentence for heroin possession, when he apparently opened and fled through a first-floor window at the minimum security Washington County Community Corrections Center in Hillsboro. An alarm went off at the facility, triggering a headcount — Lyerla was the only one not there. He’ll now face a second-degree felony charge and won’t be allowed to return to a minimum-security facility, an official told the Oregonian.