Dunklin County escapee captured

KENNETT, Mo. -- According to the Dunklin County Sheriff's Department, a man who escaped from custody Tuesday morning has been apprehended.

At about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dunklin County Sheriff Bob Holder took Wilburn Monroe Holliman Jr., 29, back into custody.

Holder said in a statement that Holliman was captured while hiding in the in a bedroom area of a two-story apartment on North Main Street.

The sheriff said Holliman escaped from a probation officer while he was in the Dunklin County Division II Court on charges of stealing and endangering the welfare of a child.