The search for two escaped Tennessee inmates reached its end Sunday night. Officials say that convicted rapist
Robert Lee Brown, 36, and burglar
Christopher Osteen, 34, were taken into custody down in Pompano Beach, Florida.
The Tennessee Department of Correction said that the duo fled from the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville at about 8:25 a.m. CT. According to the official account, the two were revealed to be missing after an emergency recount.
Sheriff’s deputies in Henry County, Tennessee said that Brown and Osteen kidnapped an employee with the Fulton County Kentucky Highway Department from a boat ramp on the Mississippi River. That was said to have happened at 9:15 a.m., just minutes after the emergency recount.
Pompano residents urged to stay inside and lock doors as police search for armed and dangerous fugitive that escaped prison
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Escaped inmates from Northwest Correctional arrested in Florida
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Escaped TDOC prisoners captured by U.S. Marshals Inmate Robert Lee Brown (Source: TN Department of Correction) By WMC Action News 5 Staff | December 13, 2020 at 8:53 PM CST - Updated December 13 at 8:54 PM
Brown is serving 18 years for aggravated rape and Osteen is serving 8 years for burglary. Christopher Osteen (Source: TN Department of Correction)
Earlier today, the U.S. Marshals Florida/Caribbean Task Force, in conjunction with partnering state and local agencies, captured Brown in the Miami, Fla. metropolitan area.
This evening, the Florida Task Force, along with multiple Miami area law enforcement agencies, were able to capture Osteen. He’d been fleeing and hiding on foot for several hours before he was caught.
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Police capture 2 escaped Tenn. inmates who kidnapped Ky. highway worker, tied up another man in his home
Police capture 2 escaped Tenn. inmates who kidnapped Ky. highway worker, tied up another man in his home December 14, 2020
Two escaped Tennessee inmates who kidnapped a Kentucky highway department employee, tied up a homeowner and stole a truck have been captured in Florida.
Kentucky State Police said Robert Brown, 36, and Christopher Osteen, 34, escaped from the Northwest Correctional Complex in Lake County, Tennessee, on Friday. The escapees were considered armed and dangerous.
Brown is serving an 18-year sentence for aggravated rape and Osteen is serving an eight-year sentence for burglary, state police said.