If any DCist readers happen to see someone like the character at right running around the Lincoln Park area of Capitol Hill, they’d be advised to get on the horn and inform police as quickly as possible. DCist sources are reporting that an unknown number of inmates housed at the Oak Hill youth detention facility escaped today while on route to court appearances, most in the vicinity of Lincoln Park. WJLA is reporting that while two were picked up, a number remain at large. The park, a picturesque haven for dog walkers framed by statues of Abraham Lincoln and Mary McLeod Bethune, sits between 11th and 13th Streets and straddles both SE and NE along East Capitol Street.

DCist will report on details as they become available.

Update: It seems that the third and final escapee was apprehended in the last hour. Won’t they be red-faced trying to explain this one to the judge!