History repeated itself Wednesday afternoon when an Emporia police detective arrested a 30-year-old man who had escaped again from a New Hampshire state prison.
“He was put in there for a home invasion burglary, and this is the second time we found him in Emporia,” said Police Chief Gary Smith. “We arrested him in 2007 and charged him with felony theft because he stole a car.”
EPD officers were alerted to the escape today, and quickly captured Shaun Cook, 30.
“New Hampshire correctional people figured he’d be back,” Smith said.
“We put the information out and Det. Dennis Delmott was kind enough to find him over by the Wal-Mart area and picked him up.”
Smith said that New Hampshire officials said that Cook apparently had stolen a car that was found in Pennsylvania on July 6.
“I would guess that within an hour and a half, we had him in custody, so it was good police work,” he said.
Smith described Cook as being 5 feet, 10 inches tall, weighing 178 pounds with closely cropped brown hair; he has a couple of identifying scars.
Cook told Emporia police that he was looking for work and had not broken any laws during his time here.
He was taken to the Lyon County Jail, where he is expected to await extradition to New Hampshire.
MelissaGarrison (Melissa Garrison) says...
he escaped from prison twice? sounds like nh has great security. he's probably the only person trying that hard to get to emporia lol
July 9, 2008 at 4:14 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
kcfan (anonymous) says...
what ties does this man have to Emporia? Would this be considered a "grass is always greener" situation for those who are always complaining about the negatives in Emporia?
July 9, 2008 at 4:22 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
emporialifer (anonymous) says...
Great job to EPD. I think we should add a fuel surcharge to this guy's fine to ship him back to NH.
July 9, 2008 at 5:29 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
hottopics (anonymous) says...
Come to the same place twice? Smart enough to escape but not smart enough to go somewhere else.
July 9, 2008 at 6:18 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
neighbor (anonymous) says...
Yep, there is a idiot magnet in town somewhere.
July 9, 2008 at 8:35 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
steakbuffet (anonymous) says...
What a day...2:40 convict apprehended, 4:40 several small tornadoes appear from nowhere. Keep up the good work Detective Delmott, storm spotters, KVOE and Emporia Gazette!
July 9, 2008 at 8:54 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
gazette_reader (anonymous) says...
I could understand how he ended up in Emporia once, what with I-35 going through here - but why would an escapee come her twice?
Odd duck.
July 9, 2008 at 8:57 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
slipandslide (anonymous) says...
i wonder if he will come back here when hes released or does he only come here when hes an escapee? musta been the idiot magnet.
July 9, 2008 at 10:24 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
jibberish66 (anonymous) says...
Maybe next time he comes around, he could bring some mail or small packages with him.
July 9, 2008 at 10:58 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )