LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The FBI said it's offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of 48-year-old Jerry Lee Cooper.

According to a news release from the FBI, Cooper escaped the Brown County Detention Center in Georgetown, Ohio, on Sept. 15. He was being held while he awaited trial for his alleged role in a murder-for-hire.

The FBI said Cooper and an accomplice, who has since been arrested, broke through a window, went to the Ohio River, stole a boat and traveled to Dover, Kentucky. Cooper was charged Sept. 16 with Escape in the Brown County Municipal Court, State of Ohio, and a state warrant was issued for his arrest.

Cooper should be considered armed and dangerous, the FBI said. He has blue eyes, brown hair, weighs 135 pounds and is 5-foot-8.

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