By Norishka Pachot | Fox21
(PUEBLO, Colo.) — The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office conducted a search for an inmate trustee on Thursday, April 24, after he escaped the Pueblo County Jail while working.
At around 8:20 p.m. on Thursday, 26-year-old Lucas Brown was working in the kitchen at the jail, and was with other kitchen trustees throwing out trash when he ‘suddenly ran away.’ Detention deputies supervising the trustees reported seeing Brown run west on 9th Street. A deputy ran after Brown but lost sight of him, and other deputies secured the remaining trustees in the jail and called the communications center to report the escape.
Sheriff’s Patrol deputies, including two K9s and Pueblo Police officers, joined the search and located Brown near 7th and Greenwood Streets less than 35 minutes later. Brown was taken back to Pueblo County Jail, where he now has a new escape charge.
“Our detention deputies did a great job of quickly securing the other trustees in the jail and notifying the communications center,” said PCSO Captain Dawn Ballas. “Their swift actions allowed our patrol deputies and Pueblo Police to respond quickly, set up a perimeter, and apprehend this suspect without incident. We want to thank the Pueblo PD for their response and help in locating this inmate.”