Three people are being sought in South Carolina after four people escaped on Monday, and one of them was arrested on suspicion of breaking into several cars and a home about 130 miles away.
Emmanuel Robson Planko, Anton Conway Bennett, Kyon Marquis McLeod and Deshawn Malik Fox have escaped from the Chesterfield County Jail, the Chesterfield County Sheriff's Office announced.
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The men are accused of kicking in a steel door in an attempt to leave the jail at 11 p.m., but their absence was not noticed until corrections officers took a head count early Tuesday, FOX 8 reported. . reported.
“It wasn't detected until about 5:30 this morning when they did a hard count.”[y] Hard camp twice a day. So they started five to six hours earlier than us and that kind of affected our response to the search,” Sheriff Kumbo Streeter told the program.
He suspects the fugitives helped them escape and secure transportation.
Planko was arrested two days later after Richland County sheriff's deputies responded to a report of someone breaking into a vehicle in Columbia on Thursday morning, according to WIS10. reported.
Richland's K-9 handler allegedly arrived in the 1400 block of Willow Oak Drive, about an hour and a half drive from the prison, and witnessed Planko break into a Kia.
Police placed a stop bar in front of the stolen vehicle after the suspect attempted to drive away, and the suspect fled on foot before being captured by a K-9 unit's dog, officials said.
After his arrest, officers realized that he was one of the inmates who had escaped from Chesterfield, and that he was also suspected of breaking into a home that morning and attempting to steal a bicycle, and that the homeowner had It was determined that the suspect had fled after firing a warning shot into the air. .
He then allegedly broke into at least three cars in the same neighborhood and stole a PlayStation 4, multiple credit cards, and identification documents.
Planko was later charged with failure to stop for a green light or siren, reckless driving, possession of a stolen vehicle, grand larceny, first-degree larceny, and financial transaction card theft.
He is being held at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center awaiting additional charges of escaping from the Chesterfield Jail.
Bennett, McLeod and Fox are still at large.
Sheriff Streeter says only five officers are tasked with monitoring the more than 130 prisoners at Chesterfield, but the remaining three escapees will be found and given longer sentences. He says he is sure.
“If you have any information regarding these individuals, please contact the Chesterfield County Sheriff's Office tip line at 843-287-0235,” Sheriff Kumbo Streeter said. said the office in a statement. “This is an ongoing investigation and no additional information will be released at this time.”
