Police are actively searching for a man who ran out of the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago Monday after his hearing.
32-year-old Richard Donta J. Cotton walked into the courthouse after receiving notice to go before the judge for a hearing deciding whether or not he should stay in custody, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office said.
Cotton had been released previously following a weapons charge.
The judge ordered officials to take Cotton into custody during the hearing, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Cotton then asked if he could hand some personal items to a relative.
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The Sheriff’s Office said that while he was approaching that relative, Cotton began to run out of the courtroom and out of the courthouse.
A warrant for his arrest was issued and he remains at large, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
No further information was available.
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