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Crime Stoppers tip leads to arrest of woman who escaped in transit to Lexington jail

Jennifer Tolson arrest photo (Fayette County Detention Center)

LEXINGTON, Ky. (FOX 56) – A Crime Stoppers tip has led to the arrest of a Nicholas County woman who escaped during her transport from a court hearing.

According to Crime Stoppers, a tip to the Crime Stoppers tip line said Jennifer Tolson, 35, was at Thornton’s on Georgetown Road Sunday. Tolson was wanted by the Nicholas County Sheriff’s Department after deputies said she escaped while being transported to the Fayette County Detention Center after a hearing.

Tolson’s arrest records show she was booked into the Fayette County Detention Center at 3:46 p.m. and was charged with a second-degree escape charge and violation of her probation.

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