Hanover escapee recaptured
Published:Monday | July 29, 2024 | 2:30 PM
One of two men who escaped from the police lock-up in Lucea, Hanover on Sunday has been recaptured.
He is 21-year-old Demetri Marks of Blenheim district in the parish.
The police say Marks was in custody on a charge of malicious destruction of property.
They say lawmen were in the Lucea area yesterday afternoon when Marks was seen and subsequently arrested.
Still on the run is 21-year-old Jermaine Barton of Cave valley district, Hanover who was charged with the offence of possession of prohibited weapon
Reports from the Lucea police are that about 1:20 a.m. on Sunday, the men were discovered missing during a routine search of the holding cell.
They were said to have made their way out of the cell through an opening on a grilled door.
Lawmen attached to the Hanover division have launch a major investigation into the incident.
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