Cocke County, TN (WOKI) An inmate who escaped from the Cocke County detention center late Wednesday night is now back in custody.
Cocke County Sheriff’s Office officials say 37-year-old Stephen Jones was taken into custody Thursday afternoon on Shalebark Road in Newport after deputies received a complaint about a man in a hoodie matching Jones’s description.
He has been charged with felony escape.
Authorities had been searching the downtown area of Newport for Jones who escaped around 10:30 p.m.; he had been booked on charges of DUI, no insurance, open container, simple possession and false reporting.
