CAMPBELLSBURG, Ky. (AP) -- Federal agents have secured arrest warrants for three escaped Indiana inmates who are suspected of assaulting three Kentucky men and stealing guns, cash and clothing.
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Agent George Huffman in Lexington told The Associated Press on Wednesday that warrants for the three men on gun charges have been issued.
Bobby Cockerell, 31, Christopher Marshall, 49, and Jerry Sargent, 59, escaped from the Branchville Correctional facility near Tell City, Ind. last Friday.
Kentucky State Police say the men attacked three brothers in the northern Kentucky town of Sanders on Monday and took a dull-green 1998 Ford Ranger 4X4 super cab with Kentucky license plate 7824Bz.
On Monday, troopers put out word to agencies in neighboring Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, West Virginia, Virginia and Missouri to watch for the inmates.
Officials urge anyone who may see the men to avoid them and call 9-1-1 or their local law enforcement agency immediately.
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