CHADRON, Neb. - Four of the five men arrested Oct. 11 in Chadron as suspects in a multi-state crime spree that included armed robberies of three convenience stores and a South Dakota casino have agreed to be extradited to Montana.

The fifth, a juvenile, also will likely be returned when legal paperwork has been completed.

At a court hearing in Chadron on Wednesday, Jordan Lee Adams, 19, Jacob Edward Kraus, 20, Jeremy M. Adams, 18, and Camille James Adams, 21, all waived extradition to Montana.

Jeremy Adams and Camille Adams, who are cousins, face charges in Montana for probation violation. Jordan Adams - Jeremy's brother - and Jacob Kraus are wanted for felony escape charges.

A 16-year-old - the fifth person apprehended after a lockdown that brought life in Chadron to a halt for more than 12 hours - also will likely be returned to Montana to face charges, but different procedures are required because he is a juvenile, Dawes County public defender Paul Wess told county judge James Hansen on Wednesday.

Another hearing for the teen was set for Wednesday, Oct. 31.

At the request of Montana authorities, all Nebraska charges facing the four men will be dropped after they are returned to Montana, according to Dawes County Attorney Vance Haug. The charges in Nebraska are relatively minor compared to those they are likely to face in Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota, Haug said.

The five were arrested in Chadron after a massive manhunt that included more than 50 law enforcement officers from a dozen different agencies.

They had been pursued into the small northwestern Nebraska town of 5,600 people after allegedly holding up the State Line Casino on the South Dakota-Nebraska border about 10:30 p.m. Oct. 10.

When law enforcement officers found their abandoned pickup on the streets of Chadron a short time later, they called for a lockdown of Chadron State College and the public school systems and asked local businesses to remain closed and residents to stay home.

The men were captured without incident in a residential area of the community before noon the next day.

In addition to the casino robbery, the men are believed to be responsible for armed robberies of convenience stores in Butte and Columbus in Montanna on Oct. 9, and of a convenience store in Sheridan, Wyo., early Wednesday, Oct. 10.

According to reports, the convenience store robberies didn't net much cash, but the amount taken from the South Dakota casino was fairly large.

Shortly after abandoning their stolen vehicle in Chadron, the men approached some Chadron State College students and offered them money for a ride to a gas station. The students refused and later reported the incident to authorities.

Charges in the Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota robberies had not been filed as of Wednesday morning, according to Haug, who said that state authorities may be waiting for action by federal prosecutors.

Haug said he isn't familiar with federal laws but believes that the men could be charged under laws that cover 'crime sprees' such as the robberies in several different states, and for motor-vehicle theft and possession of a firearm with a defaced serial number.

Dawes County charges against the men included conspiracy to receive stolen property, conspiracy to operate a motor vehicle to avoid arrest and obstructing a police officer. Camille Adams also faced a charge in Nebraska's Scotts Bluff County, where the men have been jailed, for assaulting a officer.

Haug said that it is not unusual in a case such as this for the arresting jurisdiction to dismiss charges so that more serious charges can be filed elsewhere.

"This way, the Dawes County taxpayers won't be out the expense of trying them on minor charges," Haug said. "It's tough. It's been a lot work, but it was a good job by all the law enforcement (involved)," he said.

Montana authorities have 10 days to pick the men up from the jail in Scottsbluff, Haug said.