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Fugitive caught in Michigan

ROMULUS, Mich., Nov. 30 (UPI) -- A once-convicted killer awaiting trial for attempted murder, assault and armed robbery was recaptured Sunday after escaping a Michigan jail, authorities said.

Michigan State Police said Jonathan Good, 36, formerly of Charlotte, Mich., was arrested without incident by city police in Romulus during a traffic stop, The Detroit News reported. Good was driving a vehicle that had been reported stolen in Mecosta County several hours earlier, the newspaper said.

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Good is facing 31 counts, including attempted murder, armed robbery and assault with intent to commit murder. He had been on parole since 2006 after serving a prison term for second-degree murder an armed robbery.

Authorities said Good had escaped from the Mecosta County Jail Wednesday, the Lansing State Journal reported. Police said Good squeezed through a 2-foot-square skylight opening in a jail shower room after first removing a bolted metal mesh grate and breaking the fiberglass skylight, the newspaper said.

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