St. Mary Parish Sheriff Blaise Smith says a male subject jumped from a window on the sixth floor of the courthouse before he was due to appear in court Wednesday morning.

Sheriff Smith says the man was found a short time later in the vicinity of the courthouse.

Authorities continue to investigate. But, with the man not being an inmate, this is not being investigated as an escape.

No arrests have been made at this time.

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