Salina Post
SALINE COUNTY —Law enforcement is searching for an escaped inmate and asking the public for help finding him.
On May 14, 30-year-old Phoenix Ryan Leonard, an inmate being held in the Saline County Jail, was taken to a treatment facility in Windfield, Kansas by a Saline County Sheriff’s Deputy and released to staff of the treatment center. This was per a Saline County District Court Order which was related to 5 separate Saline County District Court cases. As part of this agreement an electronic monitoring device was placed on Leonard.
On June 11th, the Saline County Sheriff’s Office was made aware that Leonard had removed his electronic monitoring device and escaped from the treatment center. The monitoring device was located on Kansas Highway 360 near Winfield. Leonard was not found.
The Saline County Sheriff’s Office has completed an affidavit asking the Saline County District Attorney’s Office to charge Leonard with Aggravated Escape from Custody. Inmate Leonard’s location is currently unknown.
Leonard is described as a White male, 6 feet tall, weighing 263 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.
It is unknown what clothing he was wearing.
In June of 2024, police arrested Leonard on requested charges of aggravated burglary and domestic violence.
In January, police arrested him after a chase and crash in a reported stolen vehicle. Top speeds during that pursuit reached 120 mph.
Leonard hid on the roof of a home and was injured when he fell through a skylight. He was hospitalized and later booked into jail, according to the Sheriff's Office.
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This is the second escaped inmate booked in the Saline County Jail, as law enforcement is still searching for Allen J. Marlow Jr. (32), who also fled from a treatment center.
Marlow is described as a white male 6-foot-2, 158 pounds with Brown/balding hair and brown eyes. He was last seen running eastbound in the 600 block of East Elm Street in Salina just after 7 p.m on May 18.
He was wearing grey sweatpants and blue t-shirt.
Marlow has previous convictions for aggravated battery, domestic battery, criminal restraint, obstruction, aggravated endangering a child, fleeing or attempting to elude and for drugs, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.
If you know any of Marlow's and/or Leonard's whereabouts, please call 9-1-1.
Click here to read more about Marlow's escape.