An inmate made an unsuccessful attempt to escape from the custody of Jackson police this afternoon.
At around 3:40 pm today, officer Jim Barker was in the process of placing the inmate in the back of his patrol car at the police station before his scheduled transportation to the Cape Girardeau County Jail, said Jackson police chief James Humphreys. But the inmate managed to escape and ran the length of a football field before Barker recaptured the prisoner five minutes later.
Jackson police chief James Humphreys said no injuries occurred in the incident.
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