ST. LOUIS (AP) – A man who escaped from the Madison County Jail in Fredericktown has been caught in St. Louis.
Franklin County Sheriff Gary Toelke said that 38-year-old Jason Mills was arrested at a home Wednesday by the U.S. Marshals Service. Authorities said that Mills escaped from the county jail, which is about 90 miles from St. Louis, on March 13 with a 21-year-old inmate.
Mills had been considered armed and dangerous.
The 21-year-old, a convicted murderer, was caught the day of the escape.