Two Escapees Captured Hiding in Dover Apartment
DOVER (WJER) (Oct. 14, 2026) – Two women who escaped Monday evening from the Stark Regional Community Correction Center in Louisville are back in custody after being found hiding in a Dover apartment.
Hope Skerrett and Kerriah Ohler apparently escaped through the roof of the rehabilitation and treatment facility before fleeing to a nearby nature preserve.
Online records list Skerrett as 40 and Ohler as 29. Both are believed to be from, or have ties to, the Dover–New Philadelphia area.
Dover Police Captain Michelle Seibert says U.S. Marshals received a tip from a man renting an apartment in the 600 block of Race Street. He reported Ohler was inside – and Dover police officers were notified around 5:30 Tuesday evening.
Dover officers met marshals at the scene and used a police dog to search the residence for the two women.
Seibert says the dog led officers to the women, who were hiding in a hole near the basement foundation, covered in dirt, and both surrendered.
Seibert says U.S. Marshals took Skerrett and Ohler into custody without incident.