Sheriff on Escapee: "No Idea What He's Capable Of"
Jeff Garretson - Tue 11:54 AM 02/12/2013
Sheriff Kochanowski told reporters on Tuesday proceedures that led up to Brown's escape included human error.
Saline County Sheriff Glen Kochanowski held a morning news conference - as multiple agencies continue to search for a convicted child killer who slipped out of the jail yesterday.
"I want people to know that Antonio Brown is a murderer," Kochanowski said.
"He is loose, we have no idea where he is at. We have no idea what he is capable of."
Sheriff Kochanowski says procedures that led up to Brown's escape included human error.
"Somehow - and it has to be human error, the door that these people in the room they were held in, was open on the outside. And that's when he took advantage of that mistake is what it is," he said.
The Sheriff told reporters Tuesday that 29-year-old Antonio Brown was in a holding cell with two other prisoners when a door remained opened long enough for him to slip through it undetected.
Sheriff Kochanowski tells KSAL News that 10-minutes may have elapsed before staff realized he was gone.
Brown pleaded no contest in January to first-degree murder and child abuse.
The charges stemmed from the beating death of 14-month-old Clayden Urbanek in November 2011. Brown had been held in the Mitchell County jail in Beloit since his arrest and was to be sentenced on Tuesday.
The Sheriff says the US Marshall's Office is now joining forces with the Salina Police Department, Saline County Sheriff's Office, Kansas Highway Patrol, Kansas Bureau of Investigation as the search widens for Brown.
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Freewill
Tuesday 12 February 2013 11:58 Report this comment
So, he just walked right out the door and into our community.
Aurora.
Tuesday 12 February 2013 12:08 Report this comment
To bad sheriff time for you to resign your position you have been making to many mental errors down there at the jail. We need a younger agressive sheriff.
pops67401
Tuesday 12 February 2013 12:39 Report this comment
"I want people to know that Antonio Brown is a murderer," Kochanowski said. NO $HIT Glen?? Really?
THEENFORCER
Tuesday 12 February 2013 12:59 Report this comment
Yea and leave the murderer in a room with a door he can escape from. Also leave him there without shakles on making it more easy. Then the sheriff wants us tax payers to give him a larger jail. Yea right dream on sheriff. Further murderers should not be sent out to another facility they should remain locked up here. Send the druggies or the bad check writers, parole violaters and such but not murderers especially when you cannot keep them from escaping. Human error falls back on you sheriff so resign or face a recall petition.
Thetruth4u
Tuesday 12 February 2013 13:09 Report this comment
Sheriff you need to start taking care of your staff. Remember they are a direct reflection of your management skills which might I add are p*&% poor.
pops67401
Tuesday 12 February 2013 13:10 Report this comment
Saline county residents really should be asking lot's of questions and wanting straight answers and accountability. This is a disgrace.
GetAGrip
Tuesday 12 February 2013 13:18 Report this comment
Well at least someone noticed he was gone. Unlike some years ago when the inmates escaped from the Dickinson County jail and was counted as being housed, eating meals, etc. for some time. That was a good one for the late night t.v. talk shows. There has always been speculation however, how they really did get out of the jail?? Not until a federal marshal came for his people was it discovered they were gone. The real point here is this guy needs to be caught and no amount of finger pointing, bashing the Saline County jail is helping. Not a good incident to happen no matter where. Human error, you bet! This is the way human error is corrected and hopefully this will never happen again. I feel this guy will show up shortly, be it dead or alive. I am quite confident all that can be done is being done.
gorilla
Tuesday 12 February 2013 13:52 Report this comment
Wow. Agree with all the comments below. Well said. I don't live in the county but recommend you all petition this moron. My guess is this murderer will get shot by someone with a concealed carry, unless he's real smart. Either way, Sheriff old b#lls needs to go.
dnoclaf
Tuesday 12 February 2013 14:32 Report this comment
DUH, "We have no idea what he is capable of" (He has already taken the life of an innocent child folks)
TheMan
Tuesday 12 February 2013 15:03 Report this comment
Everybody posting here is such a expert, and know's what should be done. Get a education and run for office, and solve all the problems of the county. Heck you might be able to solve all the problem's of the world.
Freewill
Tuesday 12 February 2013 16:35 Report this comment
@TheMan: It does not take a rocket scientist to understand that letting a murderer escape is not something you dismiss as a "human error" If you want to brush this under the carpet fine, but this citizen and many other's will not.
t--bone
Tuesday 12 February 2013 17:07 Report this comment
getagrip you do not live in saline county so keep your throughts for dickinson county and your nose out of our business here, We are the ones affected by this old sheriff just look at his picture and we want a change. He either gives to us or we start a recall petition. Maybe you can use him on the Enterprise police force.
fritz2006
Tuesday 12 February 2013 17:23 Report this comment
I'm going to forward the story to the Drudgereport, so it can gets some national attention.
ksstudent
Tuesday 12 February 2013 17:53 Report this comment
Most of these comments, I agree with. However, I'm not too sure signing a petition will get the sheriff to resign. Also, keep in mind they realized he was gone after 10 minutes, not 10 hours. That makes authorities not too far behind him (so we think). Either way, we're lucky it was early and not too late. And thank you to those of you who left smart remarks about the sheriff's quotes on Mr. Brown being a murderer and not knowing what he's capable of. Unless you have been living underneath a rock, you have heard about what he did. I'm pretty sure the sheriff just wants all of us on our toes and to take this seriously, because most people who kill once will do it again. I'm sure none of you needed to know any of that, but, judging from some of the content of your comments, you may have been unaware of the meaning of the quotes.
grnthums
Tuesday 12 February 2013 18:01 Report this comment
How about a 1 million dollar reward?
BeachBum
Tuesday 12 February 2013 18:59 Report this comment
The sheriff has tried to update the jail and expand to prevent something exactly like this. However, this city & county has decided that it is not necessary. Great logic! The current jail is not sufficient to hold the amount of prisoners this city/county has! It seems to me that everyone who has commented thus far wants to shift blame to everyone but the community. If you think you can do better run for sheriff, fill out an application, or support those who want to build a correctional facility that will serve this community.
GetAGrip
Tuesday 12 February 2013 19:47 Report this comment
@beachbum..Very well stated in a calm & concise manner! Maybe if t--bone would loose a few pounds off those hips, the attitude would be better. Get that petition going, maybe you will get 25 or so of your cronies to sign it. Hang in there Sheriff Glen! We have been friends for many many years and you still have my confidence on what you believe will make things better if we just had a bigger and better jail facility. Most of all, don't let the threat of a petition that won't hold water upset you. After all my friend you are elected!
tlittle
Tuesday 12 February 2013 20:05 Report this comment
Sheriff K, I know you are not concerned about 2 or 3 keyboard nazi's, nobody else is either. Hey Aurora, you said "We need a younger agressive sheriff." As soon as that would happen, you would be typing away behind a screen crying about how aggressive he is. Do better Aurora.
Iamgonnagetyou
Tuesday 12 February 2013 21:10 Report this comment
Getagrip now I know exactly who you are. Hopefully you will take care of your friend after he is recalled. Until that time he is going to be under a microscope and he will be judged on everything he does. I think the state needs to come in an investigate also. Leaving a murderer in a holding cell not handcuffed or shackled is more than just a human error. I think anyone in law enforcement reaches 65 years old they are done and cannot serve as a cop sheriff or private investigator.
Iamgonnagetyou
Tuesday 12 February 2013 21:12 Report this comment
Further I think our county commissioners need to call him in and have a serious discussion about his future.
NotPerfect
Tuesday 12 February 2013 21:16 Report this comment
Why be rude to the sheriff. He isn't the one that murdered the little guy. I hope Brown gets what he deserves before he is found. If not then I am still sure he will get it in prison. KARMA IS A B*TCH!
ksstudent
Tuesday 12 February 2013 21:57 Report this comment
I agree with @beachbum. All of you on here complaining about the sheriff think you would do a better job, so why not do it? Until any of you off of the computer and in power, deal with it.
robbie2008785
Wednesday 13 February 2013 00:00 Report this comment
i think he is still in salina ks someone i know saw him at sunset dillions asking for money for food. outside of the store and they did not know about him tell it came on the tv.
Aurora.
Wednesday 13 February 2013 00:59 Report this comment
notperfect no he did not murder that child but it was his responsibility to keep the murderer in behind bars. There is no way this guy should have been transported anywhere but to prison after being sentenced. The sheriff is responsible for the running of the jail and he is well aware of the policies when dealing with convicted murderers. I am on the bandwagon calling for him to resign. He is to old to be in the position he is in and his thinking is not that of a younger person. We all have seen this in our parents as they aged they are not the people they were when they were 40 or 50 years old.
Aurora.
Wednesday 13 February 2013 01:05 Report this comment
ksstudent you use an old argument but if we used that same argument for everything where would we be. The simple fact is I might not be the best fit for alot of positions but there are people that are. When a killer is on the lose because of a Sheriff Department being run by a sheriff that goes behind peoples backs to get what he wants but no longer can act in or manage the position given him needs to realize it is time to resign. If not then its up to others to have him removed by recall. This is but one instance that he has dropped the ball but the most significant.
ksstudent
Wednesday 13 February 2013 06:45 Report this comment
@Aurora That comment actually made me lose I.Q. points. Why don't you come back when you have learned how to make sense?
Logical
Wednesday 13 February 2013 06:53 Report this comment
This is a great object lesson of the results that arise because of the always negative approach taken by iamgonnagetyou and alter ego Aurora. It is hard to take him seriously on the rare occasion when he may be correct. Within the past week, a terrible accident was reported on this website. A car rolled and a human being was killed. iamgonnagetyou's reaction was to focus on "why is KSAL publishing stores from Great Bend?" instead of on the tragic fact that a person had died. This constantly negative attitude about virtually everything leads people to be tone deaf it situations where he might be correct. People who read this website but never post here have commented that he must be "the time of person who will complain about how cold free ice cream is" if he was given free ice cream. That is no way to live and is not the reputation a person probably really wants - even if it is in a online environment.
Logical
Wednesday 13 February 2013 06:54 Report this comment
If a positive "glass half full" person like me writes that the sherrif should make personnel changes, I suspect it would be taken more seriously because I'm not the one that is predictibly negative - which makes reasonable people tone deaf to iamgonnagetyou. In this case, he may be like the blind squirrel who eventually finds a nut or the stopped clock that is right twice a day, but it is hard to say because it is a challenge to focus on the message, rather than the messenger. If iamgonnagetyou would take a less "everything is negative" attitude, then his comments about the sherrif (which may indeed by accurate) could be taken a little more seriously.
Iamgonnagetyou
Wednesday 13 February 2013 08:02 Report this comment
Once again I am being bullied by Logical one of many names he or she uses on here. I have tracted the names used and they are not happy about that. Whatever name is being used against me alway's tries to connect me with someone else evidently thinking I am like they are. He or she even has gone as far as taking a like name as mine on two or three occassions to no avail. As far as my stand on the news KSAL motto is "KSAL is your number one source for salina local news, weather, sports, auctions". When you type in KSAL on your computer it brings up "SALINA LOCAL NEWS, WEATHER AND SPORTS". To me this means Salina and surrounding area's of 40 miles or so give or take. It does not mean Topeka, Great Bend, Goodland, Wichita or Kansas City."
Iamgonnagetyou
Wednesday 13 February 2013 08:02 Report this comment
If KSAL wants to print news from everywhere in Kansas they need to make changes not to mislead anyone. Another point is that their person Todd P. continues to comment that the radio station will not stand for others attacking others on here but this is another example of them turning their heads as I take Logicals post as attacking myself and will protect my interests.
Iamgonnagetyou
Wednesday 13 February 2013 08:09 Report this comment
Logical evidently likes the games he or she plays but I follow the rules on here and the only time I attack anyone even if you wish to call it that is when I am bullied and attacked and nothing is done by KSAL. This is still a free country and I have a right to get my views especially as a tax payer and how things are being run in our area. From the many many months Magnolia has been closed to the latest with the Sheriff dropping the ball big time with this murderer escaping. I like how Salina used to be many years ago when law enforcement top priority was on crime. That slowly went away because I feel crime does not produce revenue like writing tickets for seatbelts or other traffic violations. That is important also but crime should be the number 1 focus.
Iamgonnagetyou
Wednesday 13 February 2013 08:16 Report this comment
In closing I will say that I will comment on stories some may like my comments others may not but that is America. Sadly our country has become a group of sleep just following along and we all know where that has got us especially in our own Salina. So logical and all your other names all I can say to you is that you would not attack me if we were in a room together because people like you do not have the guts to speak out in front of someone or in public unless you are behind a keyboard. I apologize to all those that have had to read these paragraphs but as I said I will protect myself against inappropriate and slanderous comments.
Logical
Wednesday 13 February 2013 08:52 Report this comment
1. imagonnagetyou has every right to be a negative person. Just know that it diminishes your ability to be taken seriously by others when one appears to be negative on virtually everything. 2. I have NEVER created another id nor will I. This is the only one I use.
t--bone
Wednesday 13 February 2013 08:57 Report this comment
Between logical and iamgonna there was a whole lot of reading. I have noticed that logical likes to bully people and in his statements was going after this other person plain and simple. I have also noticed that iamgonna speaks what they feel and most of the time is right on whether the rest of us want to believe so or not and it produces for many of us to think about the other side of whatever is being commented on. I do not always agree with iamgonna but there have been many of times I have had to. Concerning this matter of the escaped murderer I have to agree with those that say this was handled entirely wrong by those in charge and I hope they do not sweep this under the carpet when the guy is caught like so many other things in our city and county are done so often.
t--bone
Wednesday 13 February 2013 09:04 Report this comment
Logical quit attacking iamgonna. You had your say. According to Todd P. what you are doing is against KSAL rules so I do not know why you think you are above those. Your right is your view on comments not to try to make an example of the person leaving it. If you disagree with a comment that is ok and if you feel a person is always negative I personally do not wish to continue to hear about your pet peeves. Life is to short.
robbie2008785
Wednesday 13 February 2013 10:56 Report this comment
people have seen him at the apartments by caseys and taco bell there run down can not miss them there behind n connecuit ave so the police must not be trying hard