KINGSPORT, Tenn. — An inmate who escaped from a Kentucky prison more than two years ago has been caught in Kingsport, Tenn.
The Kingsport Times-News (http://bit.ly/12dUQQa) reported the U.S. Marshals Service apprehended 29-year-old Brandon Saylor on Wednesday evening as he tried to run from officers.
Saylor escaped from the Kentucky Department of Corrections Marion adjustment Center near Lebanon, Ky., in March 2011.
The Marshals Service said he now also faces in a Washington County burglary.
Sheriff Ed Graybeal, whose deputies took part in the capture of Saylor, said $18,000 in goods was taken from a local home, including guns.
"I know the public in Washington County was concerned, and with him being in jail there are families here who can feel safer today," Graybeal said.
The Marshals Service said Saylor is additionally charged in a February home invasion break-in in Harlan County, Ky., during which firearms were stolen.
Saylor was serving a state prison sentence in Kentucky on conviction of burglary, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, wanton endangerment, and fleeing and evading police.
After his arrest in Tennessee, he was taken to the Washington County Detention Center, where he is held on the local burglary charge as well as the fugitive warrant.
The Smoky Mountain Fugitive Task Force that captured him also included the Kingsport Police Department and the Bean Station Police Department.
Information from: Kingsport Times-News, http://www.timesnews.net
