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Escaped Clinch County Inmate Captured

Michael Copeland
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CLINCH Co., GA (WTXL) - Deputies say an escaped Clinch County inmate is now back behind bars after a week on the run.

The Sheriff's Office says Michael Copeland was captured Monday evening east of Du Pont.

Last week, Copeland chipped a block out of his holding cell, climbed up through the wall and into the ceiling, then into an office and out of a back door.

Copeland is now charged with escaping, theft of a motor vehicle, obstruction, damaging government property, and fleeing and eluding.

Deputies say he's being held at the Ware County Jail.