Crime & Safety
Fox 2 Video: Florissant Man on the Run Caught in St. Louis County
William John Thomas Wilkerson Jr. is caught by police after escaping from prison in Pike County Saturday night.
After the other four escaped Pike County inmates were captured Monday, the final man was caught Tuesday night.
St. Louis County police caught and arrested William John Thomas Wilkerson Jr., of Florissant, Oak Forest Apartments right off Lindbergh and Page near Maryland Heights, according to Fox 2 News.
Originally, Wilkerson was being held for failing to appear on a charge of stealing anhydrous ammonia.
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The other inmates were captured Monday, four in the state of Oklahoma and the other in Pike County.
All have been returned to Bowling Green, MO.
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