The department discounted earlier reports that the suspect had a hostage.
The police blocked off McKinley from 7th to 10th Street searching for Joseph Shane Endicott, who escaped from a federal facility in Springfield. He was being held on a weapons charge.
Endicott's escape is outlined in this affidavit filed October 7 in U. S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri:
On May 04, 2005, Joseph Endicott was charged in the Western District of Missouri, Southwestern Division with a one count indictment for violations of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), Felon in Possession of a Firearm.
On July 15, 2005, Endicott pled guilty to Count One of the indictment. On December 7, 2005, Endicott was sentenced by United States District Judge, Ortrie D. Smith to a term of imprisonment of 51 months with the United States Bureau of Prisons (BOP) for this offense. This imprisonment was
to have been followed by a term of supervised release of three years.
As a result of this sentence, Endicott was incarcerated with the U.S. Bureau of Prisons at the United States Penitentiary (USP) in Terre Haute, Indiana. On April 29, 2014, Endicott’s BOP custody was transferred from USP Terre Haute to the Alpha House, Residential Reentry Center (RRC) in Springfield, Missouri. Endicott had a scheduled BOP release date of November 16, 2014.
On September 8, 2014, the BOP issued a “Return to Custody Transfer Order” to the U.S. Marshals Service for Endicott. This order directed that Endicott’s custody be transferred from the Alpha House RRC, to the Greene County Jail (acting as a BOP contract facility), and it had been issued as a result of Endicott testing positive for synthetic cannabinoid usage while at the Alpha House facility.
On September 8, 2014, upon receipt of the transfer order, DUSM Lane contacted the Alpha House facility. At this time, Alpha House staff notified DUSM Lane that Endicott had absconded from the facility, and that escape procedures had been initiated.
Deputy United States Marshal (DUSM) Lonnie Nance later obtained an incident report relative to the absconding of Endicott from the Alpha House facility. In this report, Alpha House Watch Officer Phil Roberts reported that he had observed Endicott leaving the Alpha House facility with a laundry bag full of property. Roberts further reported that he had watched Endicott via video camera as he walked to a waiting vehicle which was parked on the west parking lot of the facility. Once there, Roberts reported that Endicott entered the vehicle and drove away. Roberts noted in his report that Endicott had not received permission to leave the Alpha House facility.
On September 8, 2014, BOP issued a Notice of Escape for Endicott to the United States Marshals Service (USMS), which declared Endicott to be an escaped federal prisoner. This notice served as the authority for the USMS to apprehend Endicott. On the same date, a fugitive investigation was initiated for Endicott by the USMS, Southern Missouri Fugitive Task Force.
On September 30, 2014, Deputy United States Marshal (DUSM) Lonnie Nance interviewed Community Corrections Manager Sue Marshall regarding the escape of Endicott. Marshall was further identified as a staff member at the Alpha House, and more specifically as Endicott’s case manager. Upon interview, Marshall advised that upon his arrival at the Alpha House, she had briefed Endicott regarding the facility rules and regulations.
On September 11, 2014, Endicott called Alpha House staff member Nate Adams. In his
conversation with Adams, Endicott stated that he had learned that the U.S. Marshals Service was
looking for him, and that he wanted to surrender. Endicott was instructed by Adams to surrender
to the Greene County Jail. As of this writing, efforts by the United States Marshals Service to
locate and apprehend Endicott have been unsuccessful, and his current place of hiding remains unknown.
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