SANDERSON, Fla. — UPDATE, 5/29/18, 6:45 p.m.: The Clay County Sheriff's Office said it took Shane Kizziah into custody after they said he crashed a stolen truck near Blanding Boulevard and County Road 220 in Middleburg.
After receiving a BOLO from Baker Correctional Institute, a CCSO K-9 Unit spotted the missing truck and began following it.
The truck started driving erratically and deputies continued to follow it. Deputies said the truck then crashed into a vehicle with an elderly couple inside. Authorities said they are expected to be OK and were taken to the hospital as a precaution.
The Florida Highway Patrol said it tracked Kizziah across multiple counties and several agencies assisted.
🔺NEWS ALERT: Earlier our agency was informed of an escaped prisoner from Baker County. CCSO members began searching the Middleburg area to assist.
— Clay County Sheriff's Office, FL (@ccsofl) May 29, 2018
While searching, Deputy Green, one of our K9 officers, located the prisoner and the stolen vehicle he was traveling in.➡️ pic.twitter.com/lzYaQWjVcy
A special thanks to all agencies involved in bringing this fugitive back to custody. The fugitive has been tracked by FHP across multiple counties today and kept on the run. Unfortunately, it resulted in a traffic crash, but thankful that injuries were not severe. #teamwork pic.twitter.com/0nanLzkw0P
— FHPJacksonville (@FHPJacksonville) May 29, 2018
UPDATE, 5/29/18, 5:50 p.m.: The Florida Department of Corrections announced Kizziah has been captured.
The Florida Department of Corrections is searching for an inmate who escaped from a Baker Correctional Institute work camp.
Shane Kizziah, 25, is described as having brown hair and hazel eyes, is 5-foot-9 and weighs 161 pounds.
Kizziah's 26th birthday is Wednesday.
Kizziah escaped from the Baker CI work camp, which is in Sanderson, around 1:50 p.m. Tuesday, according to a release from the Florida DOC.
Authorities said Kizzah is a minimum custody inmate who was scheduled to be released in Oct. 2020.
He was doing yard work at Baker Correctional Institution when he departed the institution in a vehicle. Kizziah's has no history of discipline while incarcerated, authorities said.
Kizziah is in prison for a 2010 charge of robbery with a gun or deadly weapon.
Anyone with any information on Kizziah's whereabouts is asked to contact the Florida DOC at (850) 922-6867.
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