An escaped state inmate is back in custody after he walked away from a work detail in Temple on Tuesday.
What It Means For You: David Emsley Wheeles is no longer a threat to the community after being found and arrested without incident in the Villa Rosa Road area.
What Happened: Wheeles walked off his work detail Monday and was captured this morning near where he escaped. He now faces a felony escape charge on top of his original sentence.
Who Caught Him: The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office worked with the state prison system, emergency management, the U.S. Marshal Fugitive Task Force, and other local agencies to find and arrest Wheeles.
The Sources: Carroll County Sheriff’s Office.
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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