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Carlson makes first appearance in court on escape charge

"We want the folks that are going to be handling him to know that he has tried to escape," Peters said.
Sergei Carlson appears on interactive television Wednesday in Cass County District Court for his arraignment on escape attempt charges.

The charges also were filed to show others they will be held accountable for their actions while in custody.

"Correctional officers have to put up with a certain amount of misbehavior, but this really crossed the line," she said. "And we want people to know, people in the detention center and people at the penitentiary, to know that if they cross that line they're going to be appearing in front of a judge on new charges because that's just not some-thing we're going to tolerate…"

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