Last Inmate Apprehended in Minneapolis

LINO LAKES, Minn. – The last offender has been apprehended following a inmate van theft in Lino Lakes.

James Douglass Mitchell was found just before 4:30 p.m. in Minneapolis at the 35W and 8th Street SE bridge.

Earlier in the day, an offender transportation van was driving from Minnesota Correction Facility – St. Cloud with stops at several other MCF facilities.

Nine offenders were in the van when it was overtaken at the Lino Lakes facility. Immediately, the Department of Corrections issued an alert and the hunt was on for the suspects who were driving a 2011 white Ford van.

At approximately 11:30 a.m., law enforcement notified the DOC that five offenders were found in the Mounds View area: Vance Erik Jourdain, Edward Washington, Shawn Lee Jackson, Anthony Dwayne Alexander, and Dylan Cantrell Bathke.

Shortly after that three others were apprehended in north Minneapolis: Mitchell Dale Saltzman, Paul Jerome Thunder, and Kevin Ladell Mitchell. It was at this time that the state vehicle was recovered, but James Mitchell remained at-large.