NewsMarch 23, 2010
Area sheriff's department still searching for inmate who escaped Saturday
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- The search continues today for a man who escaped from the New Madrid County Jail. New Madrid County Sheriff Terry Stevens said today officers are continuing their efforts to locate Jermaine Spears, 28, of Steele, Mo.
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NEW MADRID, Mo. -- The search continues today for a man who escaped from the New Madrid County Jail.
New Madrid County Sheriff Terry Stevens said today officers are continuing their efforts to locate Jermaine Spears, 28, of Steele, Mo.
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Spears, who was being held on a change of venue from Pemiscot County on a charge of first-degree assault, was found missing Saturday morning. Spears is described as a 6-foot-tall black man weighing 180 pounds. He was last seen wearing jeans and a black hooded sweatshirt.
"He had apparently been planning this for a long time," said Stevens.
Anyone with information is asked to call New Madrid County authorities at 573-748-2516.
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