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| Two of three jail escapees nabbed at Canadian border |
| By Denver Post |
| Published: 03/21/2005 |
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Montana border guards caught two of three men who escaped from the Archuleta County (Colo.) Jail and were trying to enter Canada. They were picked up as they approached the Canadian border near Scobey, Mont. Stephen Victor Crouse, 23, and Jonathan David Jackson, 19, had escaped Thursday night with a third inmate, who remains at large, said Archuleta County Sheriff's Lt. T.J. Fitzwater. The third escapee was identified as Cody J. Dutton, 19. The Montana lawmen also recovered a Ford pickup that was stolen from a Pagosa Springs garage and a money bag containing $178 believed to have been stolen from a veterinarian in Sheridan, Wyo., Fitzwater said. "Montana Border Patrol officers saw a vehicle approach the checkpoint at the Canadian border (16 miles north of Scobey) early Saturday and then drive away," Fitzwater said. "The second or third time the driver turned back, they figured they had probable cause and stopped the vehicle." Dutton had been jailed for criminal mischief, Crouse for aggravated vehicle theft and Jackson for theft. All three are residents of Archuleta County. They escaped from the jail by lowering themselves through a 25-foot air shaft. It wasn't clear how they got through a bar that is supposed to block movement in the shaft. Fitzwater said the escapees stole a 1980s model Dodge pickup from the nearby hot springs and fled the area. They also are believed to have stolen two other vehicles. |
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