NOVEMBER 28, 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE #18-1128
CONTACT SHERIFF TIM MORSE 785-364-2251
Jacob Daniel Kull
KANSAS CITY MAN ESCAPES PRIVATE TRANSPORT OFFICER TEMPORARILY
A Kansas City, Kansas man being extradited from a Kansas City, Missouri Jail to Topeka on multiple Shawnee County warrants tried to escape from a private inmate transport officer Wednesday afternoon.
Shortly before 1 pm a private transport company arrived at the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office in Holton, Kansas to pick up an inmate that was being held on multiple Shawnee County warrants. One of the private transport officers entered the Jail awaiting the transfer of the inmate to their custody, while a second private transport officer escorted a second inmate who was in their custody to a public restroom in the lobby of the Jail. The inmate was being transferred from KCMO to Topeka. The inmate allegedly removed his handcuffs while in the restroom and assaulted the second private transport officer and fled the Jail lobby. Sheriff’s Deputies and Correction Officers subdued the inmate in the Sheriff’s Office parking lot.
The inmate identified as Jacob Daniel Kull, 38, of Kansas City, Kansas was arrested by Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputies for aggravated escape from custody and battery. Bond was set at $50,000.
Kull who waived extradition from Missouri was wanted out of Shawnee County for burglary, theft and forgery charges.
Private transport companies are often contracted to transport inmates across the state and nation for counties. However, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office does not use private transportation services for the extradition of inmates.