MILTON, FL-- The charges keep piling up as John Saatio keeps trying to avoid transport back to Houghton.
WLUC-TV says Saturday around 11 p.m. the 35-year-old escaped a prison transport van that had stopped at a Santa Rosa County, Florida rest area. He had undone his handcuffs and belly chain with a makeshift handcuff key. He was recaptured near a wooded area around 11 p.m. Sunday.
Saatio is now charged with third-degree obstructing police and second-degree possession of a concealed handcuff key while in custody. He remains lodged under close watch at the Santa Rosa County Jail.
Saatio initially fled authorities in June of 2015 following a hearing at the Houghton County Courthouse. He was seen in the Green Bay area, then captured in Costa Rica nearly a year later. Saatio had applied for refugee status and had spent three weeks in a detention center when he escaped through a ventilation duct. Authorities caught him 48 hours later and deported him to the Harris County Jail in Texas.
