Prisoner Briefly Escaped St. Peters Justice Center
The man, in jail on a burglary and theft charge, never was out of sight of corrections officer, police said.
A prisoner in St. Peters municipal jail briefly escaped from the St. Peters jail Oct. 30 after pushing a corrections officer and grabbing his keys, making it a short distance outside the St. Peters Justice Center at 1020 Grand Teton. “He was never out of sight of our officers,” said St. Peters Police Media Relations Officer Melissa Doss. Doss said that Zachary Mills, 21, of Wright City, allowed to make a phone call, but instead he pushed a corrections officer back several feet and grabbed his keys. Mills made it outside the center and ran between apartment buildings in a nearby complex. An officer got close enough to him to point a Taser at Mills, who then stopped running and surrendered. Mills was charged Oct. 31 with assaulting a law …
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Allie Davis
3:16 pm on Sunday, November 18, 2012
It may just be a rumor, but from what i have heard this isnt the first time this guy has attempted to escape from jail. more ›