3 Ga. escapees appear in federal court in Florida

DECATUR, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The three inmates who escaped the DeKalb County Jail on Dec. 21 appeared in a federal court in Florida on Monday on federal kidnapping charges.

The arraignment and pretrial detention hearing is now set for Jan. 16 in Fort Lauderdale.

A suspect is wanted in connection to a shooting that killed a 21-year-old early Monday morning, according to authorities.

All three men face federal kidnapping charges for kidnapping a rideshare driver and forcing her to drive them from Georgia to Florida after they escaped the DeKalb County Jail…

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