2nd Mississippi jail escapee discovered; arrested close to Houston
JACKSON, Miss. — A person who escaped from a Mississippi jail final weekend and fled to Texas after allegedly stealing a public works car has been arrested in a Houston suburb, authorities introduced Thursday.
Jerry Raynes was apprehended in Spring Valley days after he and three different inmates escaped Saturday night time from the Raymond Detention Middle close to Jackson, Mississippi’s capital, Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones mentioned.
Raynes is the second escaped prisoner to be present in a multi-agency hunt. Dylan Arrington died after barricading himself in a central Mississippi house and setting it on fireplace throughout an armed standoff with deputies Wednesday. He’s suspected of killing a person and stealing his pickup truck after the escape.
The opposite two, Casey Grayson and Corey Harrison, are nonetheless on the free, and authorities had no updates Thursday on their doable whereabouts.
The U.S. Marshals Service, Harris County Sheriff’s Workplace and Spring Valley Police Division assisted with Raynes’ seize. He might be held earlier than dealing with extradition again to Mississippi, Jones mentioned Thursday. Raynes had been incarcerated for auto theft and housebreaking.
Earlier than his arrest, Raynes had been noticed on surveillance video at a service station in Spring Valley round 11 a.m. Sunday. Investigators consider he fled to Texas after stealing a Hinds County Public Works car, which was recovered within the Houston suburb. It was unknown whether or not Raynes traveled alone.
Authorities didn’t initially present extra data Thursday on how they situated Raynes.
The 4 males are believed to have escaped from the Raymon Detention Middle by means of breaches in a cell and the roof. Jones mentioned the boys may need camped out on the roof earlier than fleeing and going their separate methods.
Raynes had beforehand escaped from custody, breaking out of a piece heart connected to the Raymond Detention Middle in 2021 and fleeing in a stolen pickup, in accordance with WAPT-TV.
In July, U.S. District Choose Carlton Reeves ordered a uncommon takeover of the Raymond jail after he mentioned deficiencies in supervision and staffing led to “a shocking array of assaults, in addition to deaths.” However earlier than the appointed receiver was scheduled to imagine management over the jail Jan. 1, the U.S. fifth Circuit Court docket of Appeals stayed the decrease courtroom’s order till it dominated on the county’s movement for reconsideration.
The 4 escapees had been in custody for varied felony expenses, most involving theft.
The person Arrington is suspected of killing was Anthony Watts, a 61-year-old church pastor who was shot and killed Monday round 7 p.m. on Interstate 55 in Jackson after he pulled over to assist a person who matched Arrington’s description. That man shot Watts a number of instances after which stole his Purple Dodge Ram, police mentioned. Watts died on the scene.
Arrington later broke into a house in Conway, the place he shot a deputy, set the residence on fireplace and died.
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