TOPEKA,
Kan. (AP) — Three of the four inmates who broke out of a north-central Kansas
jail in April face new charges related to their escape.
Kansas
Attorney General Derek
Schmidt has charged Santos
M. Carrera-Morales, 22, Drew
Edward Wade, 23, and Alberto
Jon Barraza-Lujan, 23, with aggravated escape from custody and aggravated
battery of a law enforcement officer in connection from their April escape from
the Ottawa
County Jail in Minneapolis, about 120 miles west of Topeka. The three have
court dates scheduled in August and September to hear the new charges.
Schmidt's spokesman, Jeff
Wagaman, said Monday that charges are still being reviewed for a fourth
inmate, Eric
James, 22.
The
inmates were among 22 from the Ellsworth
Correctional Facility who were being housed at the county jail in an effort
to relieve overcrowding at the state prison. The arrangement was part of a
contract the Department
of Corrections had with a handful of county facilities.
Barraza-Lujan was serving time for attempted aggravated
assault on a law enforcement officer in 2011. He was recaptured in Ottawa County
shortly after the escape.
Wade,
who turned himself over to law enforcement in North Platte, Neb., had been
serving time for robbery and aggravated battery. Authorities said Wade was
driving a stolen tan 2005 Chevrolet Venture minivan when he turned
himself in. More
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