Escape to victory! Federal inmate named Aaron Victory flees Oklahoma jail by crawling through the gym's ventilation system

  • Aaron Victory Sr., 38, fled the Choctaw County jail in Oklahoma on Monday night
  • Inmate was being held ahead of a preliminary hearing in court on Thursday
  • Victory managed to escape through the prison gym's ventilation system
  • He is facing charges of being in possession of a stolen firearm and ammunition 

A federal inmate managed to escape an Oklahoma prison by crawling through the gym's ventilation system.

Aaron Victory Sr., 38, fled the Choctaw County jail in Hugo, south-east of Oklahoma City, on Monday at 9.40pm.

The inmate was being held at the prison before his preliminary hearing in a US District Court on Thursday. 

Aaron Victory Sr., 38, fled the Choctaw County jail in Hugo, south-east of Oklahoma City, on Monday at 9.40pm

Aaron Victory Sr., 38, fled the Choctaw County jail in Hugo, south-east of Oklahoma City, on Monday at 9.40pm

He is facing charges of being in possession of a stolen firearm and ammunition.

Choctaw County Sheriff Terry Park announced news of Victory's escape on Facebook.

'Inmate Aaron Victory Sr. is on the run,' Sheriff Park said.

'Inmate victory is a federal inmate we were holding for a preliminary hearing coming up.

'People he went out a vent in the gym roof area.'

The federal inmate managed to escape custody by crawling through the prison gym's ventilation system 

The federal inmate managed to escape custody by crawling through the prison gym's ventilation system 

Choctaw County Sheriff Terry Park announced news of Victory's escape on Facebook

Choctaw County Sheriff Terry Park announced news of Victory's escape on Facebook

Victory has several convictions to his name in Oklahoma that date back to 2003. 

His convictions include possession of stolen property, false impersonation, second-degree burglary and eluding a police officer. 

Victory's online criminal records indicate he was on a 25-year probation for a 2005 burglary conviction. 

Records show he is a 6ft American Indian weighing roughly 195 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes. 

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Oklahoma inmate escapes jail via gym ventilation system

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