Arlington Heights police and several other law enforcement agencies were searching for an escaped prisoner from Cook County Courthouse in Rolling Meadows Wednesday afternoon. The search was concentrated near Northwest Highway and Yale. The suspect was described as a male/black with long dreadlocks and he was last seen northeast of the courthouse.
Police said Jonathan Scott, 26, was inside the Rolling Meadows courthouse when he suddenly ran from the courtroom and escaped the building.
Scott was in custody on drug-related charges, according to police.
The suspect was captured on Kaspar Avenue north of Northwest Highway by about 5:10 p.m. after a neighbor found the man trying to hide in the trunk of his car in his garage. Cook County Sheriff’s deputies and Arlington Heights police officers were right next-door in the front yard searching for the man as a police helicopter had just arrived to start searching overhead. The suspect was transferred to a Cook County Sheriff’s squad car on Kaspar Avenue and was transported back in custody with Cook County law enforcement officers.
Neighbor describes finding escaped suspect in his garage while police were in the front yard next-door.
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VIDEO: Police manhunt near Northwest Highway and Yale and neighborhood nearby results in capture of escaped suspect from Cook County Courthouse on Kaspar Avenue, Arlington Heights.