Manhunt underway as Gino Hagenkotter escapes Philadelphia prison

Gino Hagenkotter, a 34-year-old inmate, escaped from the Riverside Correctional Facility in Philadelphia while on a detail assignment in the orchard. He asked a prison guard if he could use the bathroom and never returned. Surveillance video showed Hagenkotter climbing over a prison fence and walking down Torresdale Avenue. Law enforcement, including the U.S. Marshals, are conducting a manhunt to apprehend him. All Philadelphia prison facilities have been secured and visits have been discontinued. Hagenkotter was incarcerated for theft and burglary charges and was supposed to be released into a transitional program but found out he would be held until April. This is the third escape from the prison's campus in Northeast Philly this year.