EMPORIA, Va. (AP) - Authorities say an inmate who escaped from a Southside Virginia jail has been recaptured.
According to the Greensville County Sheriff’s Office, 50-year-old Billy Dillon was located a few miles away from Emporia’s Southside Regional Jail around midnight Friday.
Local media report Dillon forced his way through a gate while taking out trash Friday evening.
Court records show Dillon pleaded guilty in September to grand larceny and was ordered to spend three years in prison.
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