UPDATE: Escaped inmates Albert Ricketson and Johnny Brown have been captured in Hawkins County, according to the Washington County, Virginia Sheriff’s Office.
The two were found hiding in the upstairs part of a barn on Cupp Hollow Road in Rogersville, about four miles from where the vehicle was located Friday morning in Bulls Gap, according to the sheriff’s office.
Both were arrested without incident.
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HAWKINS COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Washington County, Virginia Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) reports the stolen vehicle driven by two escaped inmates from an Abingdon facility was found Friday morning in Hawkins County, Tennessee.
A release from Washington County Sheriff Blake Andis states Johnny Shane Brown, 51, of Rogersville, and Albert Lee Ricketson, 31, of Abingdon escaped from the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail’s recreational yard at around 2:45 p.m. Thursday afternoon.
The report goes on to say the gold-colored Cadillac SUV that the pair stole following their escape was located on Route 66 in Bulls Gap Friday morning. Johnny Brown and Albert Ricketson have not been located, according to the WCSO.
There is no information as of Friday morning on the make or model of a vehicle the two may now be operating, the release states.
Johnny Brown and Albert Ricketson are considered armed and dangerous, and the WCSO advises anyone who may spot them to not approach them, but to call 911.
According to the U.S. Marshall, Brown previously escaped from the Sullivan County, Tennessee jail with two others in February of 2022 and was later arrested in North Carolina.