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CROWN POINT â Lake County is demanding payment of more than $30,000 from the Wisconsin transportation company it claims is responsible for the Dec. 14 escape of an alleged murderer from a vehicle in the drive-thru of a McDonald s restaurant in Gary.
On Wednesday, the Lake County Commissioners unanimously agreed to send a letter to REDI Transports seeking reimbursement for expenses incurred during the two-week manhunt and recapture of Leon Taylor, as well as repayment of the company s original charge to transport Taylor to Lake County from Texas.
The letter identifies the following costs: Lake County Sheriff s Department, $25,684.58; Lake County Prosecutor, $1,038.53; Gary Police Department, $884.88; and amount previously paid to REDI Transports, $3,150 â a grand total of $30,757.99.