SPRING VALLEY VILLAGE, Texas – The Hinds County Sheriff’s Office announced on Thursday that one of the inmates who escaped a Mississippi detention center has been captured near west Houston.
According to a tweet from the sheriff, Jerry Raynes was taken into custody in Spring Valley View, right off of I-10.
Update: Escapee Jerry Raynes is in custody in Spring Valley, TX. USMFTF, Harris County Sheriff’s Office and Spring Valley PD assisted with the capture. Raynes will be held facing extradition back to MS. Investigation is still ongoing. pic.twitter.com/wEcnCUjMvi
— TyreeJonesSheriff (@TyreeSheriff) April 27, 2023
Raynes is currently being evaluated at Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital before facing extradition back to Mississippi.
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office and Spring Valley Village Police Department assisted with the capture.
On Sunday, an abandoned Hinds County maintenance vehicle, which was stolen during the escape from the detention center, was found in the area.
Raynes was also seen on a gas station surveillance camera in Spring Valley Village prior to his arrest.
Update: Surveillance footage of escapee, Jerry Raynes, in a service station in Spring Valley, TX on Sunday morning at 11am. The stolen Hinds County maintenance truck was also recovered in Spring Valley, TX on Sunday. It is still unconfirmed if Raynes traveled to Texas alone. pic.twitter.com/yFZjH7G0yj
— TyreeJonesSheriff (@TyreeSheriff) April 26, 2023
Authorities said the inmates managed to escape after breaching a cell located in Pod B of the jail.