MAQUOKETA, Iowa (AP) - Authorities are looking for two inmates who escaped from Jackson County Jail in eastern Iowa.
A county dispatcher said Wednesday that the two had not yet been caught. They’ve been identified as 19-year-old Andrew Combs and 20-year-old Brian Willey.
The Sheriff’s Office says the two pried open a gate and escaped Tuesday afternoon and are suspected of stealing a pickup a few blocks away in Maquoketa (muh-KOH’-keh-tuh).
Court records say Willey has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial on a burglary charge. The records say Combs has pleaded not guilty to burglary and robbery counts and is also awaiting trial.
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