A man who escaped from a detention center in Twin City on June 22 has been taken back into custody, the Candler County Sheriff’s Office said.
What happened: 40-year-old Robert Eugene Smith walked away from Twin City Probation Detention Center in Emanuel County. The Candler County Sheriff’s Office put out a public alert asking residents in eastern Candler County and nearby areas to stay alert, not to approach Smith, and to call 911 if they saw him.
What’s new: Smith is back in custody. The public safety alert has been lifted.
What’s a probation detention center: A probation detention center is a secure facility that holds people who have violated the terms of their probation — a court-ordered period of supervision that can be used instead of, or after, a prison sentence — while their cases are reviewed by the courts.
Back in the day, adulthood meant civility. Responsibility. Probably owning a sensible pair of loafers. But lately, it feels like a critical mass of humanity has collectively decided, ‘What if, instead, we didn’t?’
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B.T. Clark is the Publisher of The Georgia Sun and author of Principles Are Like Pants… You Ought to Have Some. Over two decades in journalism, he has served as Managing Editor of Neighbor Newspapers in metro Atlanta and Digital Director at Times-Journal Inc., earning multiple awards along the way. His work has appeared in newspapers across the state, including The Cherokee Tribune and The Marietta Daily Journal.
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