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Escaped Prisoner Captured in Illinois Barn
A 16 year old prisoner was recaptured Tuesday in a barn seven miles from his escape site near Brownstown Illinois ending a manhunt by U S marshals after he fled a car arrest Monday night. Karol Collins linked to an $80 000 jewel theft in York Maine was being transferred from Leavenworth when farmer Paul Rawlinson spotted a man’s leg in a hay loft and alerted authorities Eugene Hood made the arrest noting Collins offered no resistance.
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U.S
Karol van Collins
Brownstown
Collins
York
Maine
Leavenworth
Paul Rawlinson
S T. Elma
Palpolman
Eugene Hood