Monticello man arrested minutes after escaping Wayne County Jail

A Monticello man was arrested yesterday, minutes after escaping from the Wayne County Detention Center.

The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office said 36-year-old Shane Cooney had just returned to the detention center following a court hearing when he slipped out of one side of a leg restraint while being taken toward the inside of the detention center and fled on foot.

After dispatch notified all law enforcement that Cooney escaped, a deputy in the area located Cooney less than five minutes after he escaped.

Cooney is charged with escape – 2nd degree. He was lodged back in the Wayne County Detention Center.

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