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4 DeKalb Co. Inmates Captured After Escape
Authorities Say Men Escaped Through Skylight
POSTED: 8:53 am CDT October 18,
2007
UPDATED: 5:51 pm CDT October 18,
2007
SMITHVILLE, Tenn. -- All of the inmates who escaped from the DeKalb County Jail have been recaptured a day later.Sheriff Patrick Ray said 21-year-old Brandon Bias was caught at a home in Smithville. He tried to run from an officer but was caught without incident. Police also charge four people with aiding his escape. Thirty-year-old Ernest Hill was caught at a home in Watertown.The two other prisoners, 19-year-old Jeffrey Hendrix and 34-year-old Larry George, were captured later in the day on Thursday.
Authorities said the men escaped through a skylight on the jail's roof. Workers have since replaced the skylight with a metal roof.
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