A child molester on the run has been arrested again after two Maine jurors caught the handcuffed attacker on video as he fled the Somerset County Courthouse, local reports said.
Nicholas Carter, 31, was found guilty of assaulting the 14-month-old baby after a three-day trial.
After being convicted, he allegedly fled from the courtroom on Wednesday after authorities did not allow him to be taken to prison.
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Plainclothes police officers chase Nicholas Carter up the stairs of a courthouse in Skowhegan, Maine, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. After being convicted by a jury of aggravated assault for attacking a 14-month-old baby, Carter tried to flee but was re-arrested across the street with the help of two jurors. (Credit: Somerset County/TMX)
The video shows a handcuffed, bald-headed man sprinting down a courthouse hallway, down the stairs to the lobby and out the door as two plainclothes officers chase him.
An outdoor camera showed him running outside, dragging police and other passersby with him, before stumbling and falling face-first across the road.
Two passersby attacked him.
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Nicholas Carter has his mug shot taken at the Somerset County Jail. (Somerset County Sheriff's Office)
According to the survey, Morning SentinelThey were jurors.
It was not immediately clear whether they were involved in Carter's case or a different case.
Carter has yet to be sentenced on the assault charge and is expected to face new charges in connection with the escape attempt.
The cunning child abuser was out on bail before being sentenced; jail records show he was in jail by 2:18 p.m. on the day of his brief escape.
Sheriff's records list him as 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing just 150 pounds.
His failed escape marks the second security breach at the courthouse this year, according to the Sentinel.
Nicholas Carter fell face-first across the street from the courthouse and was then recaptured. Two jurors grabbed him and held him down until security arrived. (Credit: Somerset County/TMX)
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In April, a police officer in the courtroom used a Taser to stop a man in the gallery accusing a convicted killer of stabbing his sister 99 times.
He was escorted out of the courtroom but will not be charged, authorities said.
