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Tuesday:
UPDATE 10:26 PM: We do not expect to be able to confirm or disprove any of the reports we have been receiving, until tomorrow morning’s media briefing.
UPDATE 7:56 PM: Authorities still investigating numerous reports of suspicious activity or suspicious persons around the area.
UPDATE 5:14 PM: Authorities were reportedly looking for a vehicle with a male occupant matching the description of Brown, in between Solomon and New Cambria. A house in Solomon has also reportedly been searched.
UPDATE 3:13 PM: Officials at USD 393 Solomon have announced that students who walk home will need to be picked up at the school as a precautionary measure.
Brown was thought to have contacts in Solomon, although he has not been spotted there.
UPDATE 1:52 PM: Authorities have searched storage units and a building at undisclosed locations in Salina.
UPDATE 12:11 PM: Police continue investigating suspicious persons calls across Salina. U.S. Marshalls now involved in search.
UPDATE 11:17 AM: Click here to view story regarding details of the escape.
UPDATE 11:09 AM: According to Saline County Sheriff Glen Kochanowski, Brown was able to escape through a door that was unlocked to a holding cell in the booking area of the jail. He then left out of a garage door that was left open.
UPDATE: 10:22 AM: An officer has requested a K-9 unit from the KHP. No details on location. (Request for K-9 cancelled).
UPDATE: 10:18 AM: Brown reportedly escaped through a door that was left open.
UPDATE 9:23 AM: Message from USD 305 — Salina USD 305 schools are on heightened security in response to the police search underway in Salina. Doors in school buildings are locked and building entry is being monitored. Normal activities continue inside all schools.
Release From Twin Valley USD 240 schools are currently on lock down for safety precautions due to the escape of a convict from Saline County jail. If you need to enter the building please call 488-3321 (BHS), 488-3323 (BGS) or 283-4774 (Tescott).
UPDATE 8:57 AM: According to KSN’s Matt Horn, USD 305 is on ‘heightened security’. We are working to confirm a report that Bennington schools are on lockdown due to the search.
UPDATE 8:38 AM: Citizen reported man matching description near I-135 and Schilling but police do not believe this is the escapee.
UPDATE 8:04 AM: Police are back in the area of Cloud and Bel Air after a citizen requested a search of a home in the area.
UPDATE 7:41 AM: KHP airplane is back up in the air.
UPDATE 6:16 AM: Authorities continue to search for Brown.
UPDATE 4:42 AM: More details on the search and full story on how Brown was able to escape, expected a media briefing this morning.
UPDATE 2:08 AM: No updates at this time.
Monday:
UPDATE 11:29 PM: Still no new information at this time.
UPDATE 9:49 PM: Few updates at this time. No further details on home that was being searched earlier.
UPDATE 9:06 PM: Police searching house. No details on location.
UPDATE 8:56 PM: Attempt to Locate Alert has gone out to surrounding counties.
UPDATE 8:41 PM: KHP plane now circling eastern area of Salina.
UPDATE 8:23 PM: Authorities also reportedly searching creek bed in east Salina. No details on precise location.
UPDATE 8:07 PM: Few updates. The manhunt continues.
UPDATE 7:46 PM: Multiple areas around Salina being searched. Majority of search continues to move south.
UPDATE 7:38 PM: Authorities just received another tip. Possible sighting.
UPDATE: 7:34 PM: Request for a canine in the area of Schilling and Centennial.
UPDATE: 7:29 PM: The search continues to move south towards Schilling Rd.
UPDATE 7:19 PM: The KHP plane is now canvassing the area to the west of Menard’s.
UPDATE 7:17 PM: Police are receiving numerous tips from citizens.
UPDATE: 7:16 PM: Authorities are now leaving the area of W. Cloud.
UPDATE 7:07 PM: Officers are searching the near the Armory building area and a church in the area.
UPDATE 7:06 PM: Cloud St. near the Armory is blocked off as the manhunt continues
UPDATE 6:46 PM: An officer and multiple KHP troopers have entered a home to search.
UPDATE 6:31 PM: Search has expanded to the area near Cloud and Belair.
UPDATE 6:28 PM: Air support from KHP expected to be aiding in search shortly.
UPDATE 6:18 PM: Police have searched and cleared multiple houses in the area near the jail.
UPDATE 6:01 PM: Police continue search for Brown, canvassing the area near the jail. Canines are involved in the search.
UPDATE 5:43 VIA AP: Sheriff Glen Kochanowski says Brown was brought back to Salina on Monday to prepare for sentencing Tuesday. The sheriff says Brown was placed in a cell in his department’s booking area and somehow got out.
ORIGINAL 5:14 PM: A 29-year-old Salina man convicted in the October 2011 death of a 14-month-old boy escaped from the Saline County Jail Monday afternoon.
Antonino Brown was last seen at 4:17 pm at the jail.
Brown is 5’11” 158 pounds last seen wearing white t-shirt, gray jail pants and crocs shoes.
Should be considered extremely dangerous. If seen, DO NOT CONFRONT,
call 9-1-1.
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