Inmate found in swamp after escaping St. Louis County facility
The inmate was found hours after walking away from the facility on Sunday.
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St. Louis County Sheriff s Office
A 48-year-old man who escaped from the Northeast Regional Corrections Center was found in a swamp late Sunday.
Jesse James Crabtree, of Hibbing, walked away from the minimum security facility in Saginaw, in St. Louis County, at about 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
St. Louis County deputies, officers with the Hermantown Police Department and others responded to search for Crabtree using a drone and K9.
Officials believed he had contacted someone to pick him up prior to him fleeing the facility, a news release says. Residents in the area were alerted that he had escaped.