2 of 3 who escaped corrections center arrested

Published 9:45 am Tuesday, July 15, 2014

SAGINAW — Two of the three men who escaped from the Northeastern Minnesota Regional Corrections Center last week are back behind bars.

Eveleth police said 24-year-old Ryan Locke, held on a terroristic threat conviction, was arrested over the weekend following a chase in a stolen vehicle on Highway 53 from Eveleth to Hermantown. Meanwhile, 25-year-old Anthony Kozar, being held at the minimum security prison on a probation violation, was arrested Sunday after a five-hour standoff in Eveleth.

Jessica Currie lives next to the home where Kozar was hiding. She was asked to leave her house and said it seemed like a “serious life episode” of the TV show “Cops.”

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Reports said 23-year-old Tyler Sandstrom is still at large.