Posted on 01/20/2023 8:06:04 PM PST by Tired of Taxes
One of five Missouri jail inmates who broke out from a detention center this week has been captured, authorities said Friday, as the manhunt continues for the other escapees.
Michael Wilkins was reportedly seen at a bar in Poplar Bluff drinking water by himself when someone called authorities. He was taken into custody and transferred back to the St. Francois County Detention Center where he is currently being held without bond, the St. Francois County Sheriff's Department said.
The group, which includes inmates Kelly McSean, 52; Dakota Pace, 26; Aaron Sebastian, 30; and 37-year-old LuJuan Tucker, busted out of the Farmington jail on Tuesday.
Tucker, Sebastian and McSean, also known as Larry Bemboom, are known sex offenders "being held for crimes committed while confined in the Missouri Department of Corrections Sexual Offender Treatment Center," the sheriff's department said. "Dakota Pace and Michael Wilkins were being held on felony warrants."
They all fled in a vehicle.
Tucker previously has been charged with the rape of a 12-year-old girl, while McSean was being held on charges linked to the sexual assault of a 39-year-old woman.
The St. Francois County Sheriff’s Department says the jailbreak at the county’s detention center in Farmington began around 7 p.m. Tuesday when the group entered a secured cell, then "made their way through a secured door by use of force."
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It should read "inmate captured" because only one has been captured so far.
All you Missouri FRiends., where in MO is this?
I’m not in MO. Just thought Missourians would like to know.
The prison was in Farmington. They all escaped Tuesday night.
One inmate was captured about an hour away (?). Who knows how far the others might’ve gotten...
Farmington is about 75 miles south of St Louis.
The one that was captured was in Poplar Bluff, about 80 more miles south of Farmington.
The counties to the west of those towns are heavily wooded and sparsely populated.
POSTED for bounty purposes, I hope.
Good news: Police have captured all of the inmates now.
“Missouri escaped inmates in custody following Butler County pursuit with troopers”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/missouri-escaped-inmates-in-custody-following-butler-county-pursuit-with-troopers/ar-AA16B1U1
All you Missouri FRiends., where in MO is this?
I was totally confused for a few minutes because this Butler county is in Ohio.
The first escapee captured was in Poplar Bluff which is in Butler county Missouri.
Glad they were caught but wonder what was their destination?
From the look of it, they didn’t plan this much beyond the actual escape.
I didn’t catch that before... Interesting that police found one in Butler County, MO, and the others in Butler County, OH.
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