’Tween Arsonist Arrested After He Went AWOL

COLUMBUS, Ohio—A ’tween escapee who was serving a sentence in connection with two South Side fires was apprehended again Monday.

NBC 4 reported with the FAST FACTS.

Ryan Parsley, 12, was sentenced to serve time at the New Horizons Facility in Bethesda, Ohio, for his connection in two South Side arsons.

He went AWOL after serving only one week of his sentence.

He escaped the staff-secured facility Tuesday, June 23, officials said.

Columbus fire’s bomb and investigative unit and the U.S. Marshals arrested Ryan at a home in the 600 block of Markison Avenue on the city’s South Side, according to Battalion Chief David Whiting.

Columbus fire’s Jeff Happ and Jeff Broughton assisted the U.S. Marshal’s office with information that led to Ryan’s arrest.

It was the second time Ryan had escaped custody.

Ryan Parsley was initially sentenced to confinement at a local juvenile detention center while he was facing charges.

He escaped from the facility Saturday, March 21, and was on the run for several weeks.

He was arrested Tuesday, April 14, after his family persuaded him to turn himself in.

After Parsley was found, a magistrate sentenced him to time at the New Horizons Facility.

New Horizons is a staff-secured facility, according to Franklin County Children Services. The arrangement was that Ryan would have one-on-one supervision at all times.

A spokesperson for FCCS said there was miscommunication between staff members at New Horizons regarding the supervision and Parsley escaped when he was unsupervised.

Also, as part of his sentencing, Parsley is to remain on probation until June 15, 2011.

The probation included a curfew set by his probation officer, inability to leave his county of residence without his probation officer’s permission, residential treatment, random drug testing, an electronic monitoring device as needed per his probation officer and no contact with co-defendants or other known gang members.

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