Overview

• Cooper was taken into custody in Louisville late Monday after being transported there by two people, according to the Mason County Sheriff’s Office.
• Marlana and William Strausbaugh were arrested and charged with hindering prosecution or apprehension in connection with moving Cooper.
• Authorities transferred Cooper to Mason County custody following his capture, concluding a search that stretched from Ohio into Kentucky.
• Investigators say Cooper and fellow inmate Roy Butler escaped Sept. 15 by breaking a jail window, scaling a fence, and crossing the Ohio River in a stolen paddleboat; Butler was found the next day.
• The weeklong search spanned more than 1,200 acres of dense woodland with K-9 teams and aerial support, as FBI Louisville offered up to $10,000 for tips leading to Cooper’s arrest.