Last Of Escaped Wakulla Jail Inmates Found In Arizona, New Mexico

WFSU | By Lynn Hatter

Published March 8, 2018 at 12:33 PM EST

All three inmates who escaped the Wakulla County Jail In November have been captured. The last two were found in Arizona and New Mexico.

Inmates Joel Cooper, Donald Cotterman and Casey Brandon escaped the Wakulla County Jail on November 17 through the ceiling of the jail’s law library.

Brandon was captured a few days later in North Carolina. Cooper and Cotterman remained on the loose. Thursday, the Wakulla Sheriffs office announced the two had been found.

Cooper was arrested by the Phoenix Police Department on March 2nd and booked into the Maricopa County Jail. Later in the day, the U.S. Marshall’s Service arrested Cotterman in a Las Cruces, New Mexico hotel room. Both men will be returned to the Wakulla County Jail.

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Lynn has been with WFSU since 2007 with education and health care issues as her key coverage areas. She has worked with several news organizations, including Kaiser Health News. Lynn has also partnered with USC-Annenberg's Center for Child Wellbeing on the nationally acclaimed series "Committed," which explored the prevalence of involuntary commitment use on children.

She has served on the boards of the First Amendment Foundation of Florida and the Radio, Television, Digital News Association, and is a current board member of the United Way of the Big Bend.

Lynn holds a bachelor's degree from Florida A&M University and earned her master's at Florida State University.
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