Fugitive caught nearly 2 months following jailbreak

Published 9:51 pm Wednesday, October 4, 2017

HORN LAKE (AP) — Authorities say a fugitive has been caught after nearly two months on the run following a breakout from a Mississippi Delta jail.

Horn Lake police and other law enforcement agencies caught Marquis Stevenson of Jonestown hiding in a shed Tuesday behind a house.

Stevenson and three others escaped from the Coahoma County jail on Aug. 12. The three others were captured within a week of escaping.

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Stevenson had been jailed on a statutory rape charge while out on bail for a previous murder charge.

Local media report that his capture followed a six-hour manhunt in the Memphis, Tennessee, suburb by law enforcement agencies. A K-9 unit combed stores and houses, with police blocking off streets.

Police say Stevenson suffered minor injuries requiring treatment and would then be returned to Clarksdale.