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Champaign County Jail Escapee Recaptured

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published June 1, 2017 at 5:54 AM EDT
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Tri-County Regional Jail

A man who escaped from a Champaign County jail in April has been arrested in New York.  Tri-County Regional Jail officials say Staling Santos-Reyes fled from guards while taking out trash during a work detail.  He was being held on drug charges filed in Madison County. Extradition is pending.

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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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