Inmate hijacks van full of Lino Lakes prisoners and escapes

Star Tribune – by Andy Mannix

An inmate being transported from a Minnesota Correctional Facility-St. Cloud to the prison in Lino Lakes hijacked a white transport van full of other prisoners and escaped this morning, authorities said.

The escape occurred just before 11 a.m. Nine have now been taken into custody. One is still at large, James Douglas Mitchell, 26, who is serving prison for felony assault, said Sarah Fitzgerald, a spokeswoman for the Department of Corrections. Mitchell was last seen wearing standard prison garb: blue jeans, a white t-shirt and blue button-down shirt.  

The Minneapolis Police Department is searching for Mitchell in north Minneapolis, warning residents to stay indoors and call 911 if they any suspicious activity.

Five inmates were arrested at gunpoint shortly after the escape, and the other four arrested about an hour later. The Department of Corrections has identified five of the inmates involved in the escape.Three were serving time for assault, one for domestic assault and one for a weapons violation. They are: Mitchell, Kevin Ladell Mitchell, 31, Mitchell Dale Saltzman, 36, Dylan Cantrell Bathke, 21, and Paul Jerome Thunder, 39.

Lino Lakes houses about 1,800 minimum- and medium-security male prisoners.

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2 thoughts on “Inmate hijacks van full of Lino Lakes prisoners and escapes

  1. “The Minneapolis Police Department is searching for Mitchell in north Minneapolis, warning residents to stay indoors and call 911 if they any suspicious activity.”

    So the pigs can show up at your home to kill either you, your dog, or a family member.

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