Update: Jail Escapee Captured in Missouri
By: KARK 4 News
Updated: September 10, 2012
5:30 p.m. Update:
Joseph Verive was captured Monday morning after escaping from a Missouri Jail Saturday night.
KSDK in St. Louis reports the Pike County Sheriff's Office captured him on Pike 411 Monday morning, and that he told authorities he was hungry and wanted to return to jail.
The Sheriff initially believed Verive could have been headed for Arkansas, where he reportedly has family.
To read the KSDK article, click here.
Original Story:
A man who broke out of an east central Missouri jail with some other inmates over the weekend could be headed for Arkansas, according to officials.
Joseph Verive, 49, was one of five who escaped from the Pike County, Missouri jail Saturday night. Three of them have since been recaptured in Oklahoma, says the Pike County Sheriff's Office (PCSO).
Officials say Verive, of Elsberry, Missouri, has family in Arkansas. He was in jail on a charge of domestic assault.
Officials are asking anyone with information about the men to call 911 or the Pike County Sheriff's Office at (573) 324-3202.
Joseph Verive was captured Monday morning after escaping from a Missouri Jail Saturday night.
KSDK in St. Louis reports the Pike County Sheriff's Office captured him on Pike 411 Monday morning, and that he told authorities he was hungry and wanted to return to jail.
The Sheriff initially believed Verive could have been headed for Arkansas, where he reportedly has family.
To read the KSDK article, click here.
Original Story:
A man who broke out of an east central Missouri jail with some other inmates over the weekend could be headed for Arkansas, according to officials.
Joseph Verive, 49, was one of five who escaped from the Pike County, Missouri jail Saturday night. Three of them have since been recaptured in Oklahoma, says the Pike County Sheriff's Office (PCSO).
Officials say Verive, of Elsberry, Missouri, has family in Arkansas. He was in jail on a charge of domestic assault.
Officials are asking anyone with information about the men to call 911 or the Pike County Sheriff's Office at (573) 324-3202.
