Overview

• Roy Butler was taken into custody in Mason County, Kentucky, after the pair fled overnight from the Brown County Adult Detention Center.
• Jerry Cooper remains at large and is believed to be in the Dover area near the Mason–Bracken county line, authorities said.
• Investigators say they escaped between 10:30 and 11:30 p.m. by damaging a security window and exiting through the sheriff’s impound lot.
• The search involves Ohio and Kentucky law enforcement with aviation and K-9 units, and a short stretch of Kentucky Highway 8 was closed for police activity.
• Cooper was booked on attempted murder, felonious assault and weapons-under-disability charges, while Butler faces drug trafficking and a weapons-under-disability charge; officials urge tips to Det. Sgt. Charles Ernst at 937-378-4435 ext. 126 and warn not to approach.