Escape custody charge, Maroochydore
A man has been charged following an escape incident at the Maroochydore Magistrates Court this afternoon.
It will be alleged just after 4pm a man who was present in the court dock jumped from the dock and fled on foot from the court precinct.
Police, including uniform and plain clothes officers, as well as the dog squad established a cordon in the area and commenced a search for the man.
He was located just after 4.30pm on Sixth Avenue, Maroochydore and was taken into custody without further incident.
A 23-year-old man was charged with one count of escape by person in lawful custody and two counts each of assault or obstruct police and Bail Act Warrant to apprehend defendant for failure to enter into undertaking before leaving precincts of court.
He is due to appear in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court tomorrow.
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