‘How’s someone not secured?’: Jake and Spike alarmed by prisoner escape from Sea-Tac
May 5, 2025, 5:15 PM | Updated: May 7, 2025, 2:23 pm
Inmate escaped custody at SeaTac airport, boarded light rail, and got off at Capitol Hill station. (Courtesy Port of Seattle Police Department (POSPD) via KIRO-7)
(Courtesy Port of Seattle Police Department (POSPD)
Sedrick T. Stevenson, 28, escaped custody while being transported by a prisoner transport company at the Seattle-Tacoma International (Sea-Tac) Airport Sunday, according to Port of Seattle Police. Stevenson ran to the light rail station, boarded a train heading north, and was last seen getting off at Capitol Hill. He remains at large and is wanted on multiple warrants out of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Spike O’Neill, co-host of “The Jake and Spike Show” on KIRO Newsradio, voiced his concerns regarding security measures surrounding transporting detainees.
“How’s someone not secured?” Spike asked. “‘I’m hoping, I’m assuming, make an assumption here, that he was a low-risk transportee, that he wasn’t a violent criminal.”
Jake Skorheim, co-host of “Jake and Spike,” is also curious about what happened.
“What happened? I don’t know. I’m still very anxious to know,” he shared.
Sea-Tac prisoner escape raises security questions
Although he understands that mistakes happen, Jake highlighted how embarrassing this mishap must be for law enforcement.
“You know, there’s not a lot of details provided simply because a lot of people are embarrassed at this point,” he said.
Listen to the full conversation below:
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