CROCKETT COUNTY, Tenn. — The Crockett County Sheriff's Department said it was a "mistake" to make an inmate accused of escape a "jail trustee" before he stole a spare key to a patrol car and left.

HANCOCK COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — A man was captured after the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office said he escaped from the Hancock County Jail. The sheriff’s office posted that Joshua Wayne Metcalf, 48, had ...

HANCOCK COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT) - An inmate who escaped from Hancock County Jail has been taken back into custody. According to the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office, 48-year-old Joshua Wayne Metcalf was ...

ALAMO, Tenn. — The Crockett County Sheriff's Department (CCSD) launched early Wednesday a manhunt for an inmate who escaped from jail custody. The department said 59-year-old Gerald Pete Samples ...

SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two escaped inmates sought in the killings of two guards on a Georgia prison bus were captured after a chase and being held at gunpoint by a rural Tennessee homeowner whose ...