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Inmate escaped custody at airport, boarded light rail, and got off at another station

Inmate escapes custody at SeaTac, boarded light rail and got off at Capitol Hill station (Photos: Port of Seattle Police Department) (Port of Seattle Police Department)

SEATTLE, Wash. — An inmate with warrants from Kentucky was being transported at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport when he escaped custody on Sunday, according to our sister station KIRO in Seattle.

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Port of Seattle Police Department (POSPD) told KIRO that 28-year-old Sedrick T. Stevenson escaped custody and ran to the light rail station, boarded a train heading north, and was last seen getting off at the Capitol Hill station. He has not been caught.

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A contracted agent was attempting to transport Stevenson, and while at a SeaTac ticketing counter, agents lost control of him and he ran toward the train station.

Stevenson is wanted on multiple warrants from Bowling Green, Kentucky.

He’s 5 feet 8 inches tall with dreadlocks, KIRO reported.

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