2 escaped Tennessee prison inmates captured in South Florida
Authorities say Robert Brown, Christopher Osteen kidnapped Kentucky highway employee, took his truck
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Tennessee Department of Corrections
and last updated 2020-12-14 12:34:17-05
MEMPHIS, Tenn. â Authorities say two inmates who escaped a northwest Tennessee prison have been found in Florida.
The Tennessee Department of Correction says law enforcement officers arrested Robert Brown and Christopher Osteen on Sunday in Pompano Beach, Florida.
They escaped Friday from Northwest Correctional Complex in Lake County, Tennessee.
Authorities say the escapees kidnapped a Kentucky highway employee and took his truck after their escape.
They also are accused of stealing a different truck from a resident of Henry County, Tennessee. That truck was found Sunday in Florida.
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Two inmates, who were on the run after escaping from a Tennessee minimum-security facility, were arrested Sunday in Pompano Beach, Fla., according to authorities.
Robert Lee Brown, 36, and Christopher Osteen, 34, were taken into custody by law enforcement more than two days after the pair escaped from the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville, Tenn., on Friday, the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) said in a news release.
Brown s arrest was announced on Sunday, about an hour before authorities said Osteen was found. Both men had been placed on the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation s most-wanted list.
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The search for two inmates who escaped from a Tennessee prison Friday is over after the pair were found in Pompano Beach, Florida, Sunday, according to the Tennessee Department of Correction.
Before they were caught, the search had an added urgency after authorities said the men allegedly kidnapped a highway worker in the neighboring state of Kentucky and stole the pickup truck of a man who was found tied up in his house.
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