NorthlandAlert System Put Into Use For Recent NERCC Escapee
A relatively new alert system was put into use for the first time recently when a resident of the Northeast Regional Corrections Center (NERCC) escaped and Northland authorities worked to alert the general public. St. Louis County s NorthlandAlert system was activated to help quickly alert people throughout the county about the situation, encourage them to be watchful, and help to find the escapee. Authorities were able to find the escapee and bring him back into their system.
It s worth noting that the Northeast Regional Corrections Center was only added to the system this past fall. Details released by St. Louis County show that the Sheriff s Office worked at that point with Grand Lake and Canosia Township to get the facility added to the alert network as a notification option after concerns were raised the last time a NERCC resident had escaped.
By Dave Strandberg
May 17, 2021 | 4:42 AM
SAGINAW, MN (KDAL) – The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Department and Hermantown Police responded to the Northeast Regional Corrections Center (NERCC) on Sunday afternoon on reports that an inmate had walked away from the facility.
Officers, a K-9 and drones were used in a search of the area for the escapee identified as Jesse James Crabtree of Hibbing.
Following a call from an Industrial Township resident about a suspicious person on their property, Crabtree was located and arrested around 10:15 p-m in a swamp.
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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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.
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located and arrested.
The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office says 48-year-old James Crabtree, of Hibbing, was located around 10:15 p.m. Sunday in Industrial Township.
According to reports, an individual called the Sheriff’s Office to report a ‘suspicious person on their property.
The Sheriff’s Office responded to the call along with K9 Donny and a drone team who tracked Crabtree down in a swamp.
Crabtree is currently being held at the St. Louis County Jail on an escape from custody charge.
Escaped NERCC inmate found, arrested
The St. Louis County Sheriff s Office found and arrested Jesse James Crabtree in a swamp Sunday night.
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The Northeast Regional Corrections Center, pictured in November 2020. (Steve Kuchera / News Tribune
The inmate who walked away Sunday from the Northeast Regional Corrections Center in Saginaw has been found and arrested.
Jesse James Crabtree, 48, of Hibbing, left the facility around 2:30 p.m., the St. Louis County Sheriff s Office said in a news release. Deputies, St. Louis County Rescue Squad members and Hermantown police officers responded to the call.
Jesse James Crabtree (2021 handout)
Authorities warned residents in the area, and used a drone and a K-9 unit to try and find Crabtree. It is believed that Crabtree had contacted someone to pick him up, prior to fleeing from NERCC, the Sheriff s Office said.