Prisoner Stabs Deputy In Detroit, Escapes With Uniform

Detroit-area law enforcement launched a sweeping manhunt Monday for a prisoner who stabbed a sheriff's deputy and escaped from custody with his uniform.

Wayne County Sheriff's Deputy Harrison Tolliver was transporting Abraham Pearson (also known as Derreck White, Weezy, and D.C.) to a holding cell at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice, when Pearson attacked the deputy.

Pearson, 25, was scheduled to appear on carjacking charges, reports the Detroit News .

Deputy Tolliver had removed Pearson's handcuffs to place him in the holding cell, when the prisoner stabbed the deputy in the neck with a plastic comb he had fashioned into shank. Pearson took the deputy's uniform and carjacked a silver Dodge minivan, which was later found abandoned.

Dozens of SWAT officers and K-9 units began searching the east side of Detroit near Belle Isle following the escape.