ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY, Mo. — Police are searching for five inmates who escaped St. Francois County Detention Center Tuesday night. The sheriff's office has enlisted the help of the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the U.S. Marshals Service to help capture the men.
The Marshals Service is offering rewards ranging from $2,500 to $5,000 for their capture.
They broke out around 7 p.m. Jan. 17 after entering a secured. They went through a secured door by using force and then made their way onto the roof before landing on the ground, according to the St. Francois County Sheriff’s Department.
Within 15 minutes, the inmates made their way to Centene Corporation and stole a grey 2009 Scion TC with Missouri temporary tags from the secured parking lot. All the inmates left in the stolen vehicle and were last seen on camera traveling in a south direction, according to the sheriff’s department.
The inmates had discarded their orange jumpsuits and were last seen on camera wearing white thermal leggings, white boxer and/or basketball shorts, and white T-shirts. One of the inmates was last seen wearing a black T-shirt.
Warrants have been issued for the five inmates, LuJuan Tucker, Aaron Sebastian, Kelly McSean (AKA Larry Bemboom), Dakota Pace and Michael Wilkins, according to the sheriff’s department.
(Pictured above is a photo of the vehicle the inmates escaped in)
Tucker, Sebastian and McSean are known sex offenders and were being held in the Missouri Department of Corrections Sexual Offender Treatment Center. Pace and Wilkins were being held on felony warrants.
The investigation is ongoing by police. If anyone knows the location of any of the escaped inmates, contact the St. Francois County Sheriff’s Department at 573-756-3252 or Joint Communications at 573-431-3131.
If anyone spots an escaped inmate, call 911 and do not approach the fugitives.