KHOU-11 breaks this news:
Minutes after his conviction, a Harris County prisoner ran out of the courtroom and disappeared into the streets below.
Nicholaus Scardino, 25, had just been convicted of evading arrest and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
He also uses the name Michael Crawford, according to Harris County authorities.
Deputies are searching the area around the criminal courthouse, but so far no sign of Scardino.
Otis seemed to have more resistance leaving the jail in Mayberry than deputies have been providing in Houston lately.
