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Dawson County inmate back in custody after escaping from work detail

Jeremy Pruitt-Akins

Credit: Dawson County Sheriff's Office

Credit: Dawson County Sheriff's Office

Jeremy Pruitt-Akins
By Ashley Soriano
June 5, 2019

The search for an escaped Dawson County inmate has come to an end.

Police have located Jeremy Pruitt-Akins, 29, who escaped from a work release in late May, AJC.com previously reported.

RELATED: Dawson County inmate sought after walking away from work detail

Pruitt-Akins was arrested Wednesday along with Lea Marie Nichole Propst, 27, in Forsyth County. She is charged with aiding an escape, according to jail records.

Lea Marie Nichole Propst

Credit: Dawson County Sheriff's Office

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Credit: Dawson County Sheriff's Office

Deputies obtained an escape warrant for Pruitt-Akins after he didn’t return from his work detail on May 25, but no other charges are pending against him.

Propst was booked into the Dawson County Jail, while Pruitt-Akins was returned to the Dawson County Detention Center.

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