Reward Offered For Escaped Cook County Jail Detainee: FBI

CHICAGO, IL — The FBI is offering a reward for a Cook County Jail detainee who escaped from jail on Saturday. Jahquez Scott, 21, is accused of offering money to another inmate in exchange for using his personal information to walk out of jail. Scott remains at large.

Quinton Henderson, 28, was scheduled to be released May 2 on an I-bond for a narcotics charge. An internal investigation revealed that Scott promised $1,000 to Henderson if he would let him use Henderson’s personal information to leave jail, sheriff's investigators said. Scott is said to have walked out of the jail wearing a face mask and using Henderson's identity to leave on bond.

The Cook County Sheriff said Scott had been jailed on $50,000 bail after being charged with the unlawful use of a weapon, and he had been ordered to electronic monitoring if he posted bond. Jail staff learned there was a discrepancy when they did not have Henderson's paperwork when he provided his information for discharge.

Henderson was charged with aiding escape. Bail was set at $25,000. He was ordered held without bail after being charged with violating bond in his original narcotics case.

Scott remains at large and is to be considered armed and dangerous, the FBI said. He is African-American, with black hair and brown eyes. He stands 5-feet-10-inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $2,000 leading to Scott’s arrest and conviction.

Anyone with information of Scott’s whereabouts is asked to call FBI-Chicago at 312-421-6700; Cook County Sheriff at 773-674-8477; or send an anonymous tips to fbi.gov/tips.