BERKS COUNTY

2 Inmates Escape Berks County Prison

Two inmates ran from a Berks County prison to a waiting van late Friday night.

Twenty-eight-year-old Timothy Hostetter, of Pottsville, and 22-year-old Raymond Martinez III, of Reading, escaped Wernersville Correctional Facility around 8:15 p.m., moments after the pair allegedly pulled the fire alarm, officials said.

Both men were incarcerated for nonviolent crimes, court records show.

The make and model of he getaway vehicle, a silver minivan, is unknown.

Anyone with information about the escape or either man's whereabouts is urged to contact Pennsylvania State Police at 610-378-4011.

Two other inmates ran from the same prison after pulling a fire alarm in late November.

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