DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A jail escapee out of Alabama authorities described as "armed and dangerous" has been captured in DeKalb County.
The Coosa County Sheriff's Office posted on Facebook that Shane Anthony Vernon was taken into custody without incident in DeKalb County Tuesday just before 11 p.m.
Vernon escaped the Coosa County Jail Sunday, local authorities said.
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He is being held in DeKalb County Jail awaiting extradition, the sheriff's office said.
On Tuesday, U.S. Marshals told Channel 2 Investigative Reporter Nicole Carr that Vernon kidnapped a man from Alabama and dropped him and the car off in Douglasville.