Inmate back in custody after escaping jail near Hibbing
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(ABC 6 News) — In northern Minnesota, an inmate is back in custody after escaping a jail near Hibbing.
The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office says 33-year-old Laron Brown was being seen at the Fairview Range Medical Center after reporting he had chest pains.
Brown is currently charged with felony domestic assault by strangulation. ABC 6 is told he was being guarded by a sheriff’s deputy but managed to escape from him on foot.
After an extensive search of the area, Brown was found Friday morning and taken back into custody.