Atmore Prison Escapee Captured

October 14, 2016

Alabama inmate Jerry Lynn Hilburn, 40, was recaptured at 4:00 p.m. on Friday in Lincoln, AL, according to Alabama Department of Corrections officials.

Hilburn escaped from the J.O. Davis Correctional Facility in Atmore on Oct. 10.

A public tip led U.S. Marshals to an address in Lincoln where Hilburn was hiding in a storage shed located behind a resident’s home.   After a brief foot pursuit, Hilburn was apprehended and taken to the Talladega County Jail to await his return to the ADOC.

Hilburn was serving a 20-year sentence on a 2013 drug possession conviction out of Mobile County.   Hilburn will be charged for the escape.

Comments

5 Responses to “Atmore Prison Escapee Captured”

  1. barbara agerton on October 16th, 2016 11:45 am

    20 yrs for drug possession, really? Gotta be more than that.

  2. Gary on October 15th, 2016 5:12 am

    Excellent work and thanks to all the law enforcement agencies involved in capturing Hilburn. Perhaps he should now be sent to Holman.

  3. Ben on October 14th, 2016 10:47 pm

    keeping Alabama safe.

  4. mike on October 14th, 2016 6:51 pm

    A neck tattoo never lies. :)

  5. RC on October 14th, 2016 6:05 pm

    Well thank God !!

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