One of the five Missouri jail inmates who escaped from a detention center this week has been captured, authorities said Friday, as the manhunt for the other escapees continues.
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 taken 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 LuJuan Tucker, 37, who was released from the Farmington jail on Tuesday.
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Michael Wilkins was captured in Poplar Bluff after escaping with four other inmates from a detention center this week.
(St. Francois County Sheriff’s Department)
Tucker, Sebastian and McSean, also known as Larry Bemboom, are known sex offenders “held for crimes committed while confined at the Missouri Department of Corrections’ Sex 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 had previously been charged with the rape of a 12-year-old girl, while McSean was in custody on charges related to the sexual assault of a 39-year-old woman.
The St. Francois County Sheriff’s Department says the breakout at the county detention center in Farmington began around 7 p.m. Tuesday when the group entered a secure cell and then “passed through a secure door using force.” .
The fleeing inmates have been identified as, from left to right, Kelly McSean, 52, Dakota Pace, 26, Michael Wilkins, 42, Aaron Sebastian, 30, and Lujuan Tucker, 37.
(St. Francois County Sheriff’s Department)
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The five stripped out of their orange jail clothes and were seen on surveillance cameras “wearing white thermal leggings, white boxer briefs and/or basketball shorts, and white t-shirts,” while “Tucker was wearing a black undershirt.”
A search for the remaining inmates is still underway.
Fox News’ Greg Norman contributed to this report.
