GREENFIELD, Ind. — Hancock County police said Tuesday they had apprehended an inmate who is alleged to have escaped from the jail in early January.
In a release, the sheriff's department said 22-year-old Tyrell Deshawn White was taken into custody Tuesday in Marion County.
He is being held at the Hancock County Jail, where officials say he faces additional charges for escape.
The sheriff's department said White, from Indianapolis, escaped from officers Sunday, Jan. 10 around 6:30 p.m.
According to authorities, White had been assigned as an inmate worker and was taking trash to dumpsters behind the jail at the time of the escape. He was being supervised by jail officers but he was not in restraints and was able to run away south from the jail. Investigators believe he had someone waiting in a nearby vehicle to drive him out of the area.
White had been arrested by the Fortville Police Department in July 2020 on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, automobile theft, driving while suspended with a previous conviction and providing false information during his initial arrest. He was in the Hancock County Jail while awaiting trial, which was scheduled to begin in March.
White also has an outstanding warrant out of Marion County for armed robbery and theft.
