ELLIJAY - After a several hour search an escaped prisoner was back in custody in Gilmer County Tuesday afternoon.
Chief Deputy Sheriff Andy Key says Ricky Lee Verner, 27, was captured just before 2:30P.M..
"He was caught in the City of Ellijay hiding under a porch or deck." Key says.
"Verner escaped through an air vent in his cell, went into the attic and onto the roof." Key adds.
As a matter of safety schools in the county were under a lockdown until Verner was recaptured.
Key says Verner was in the jail for theft and is a convicted bank robber from Tennessee.
He is serving a 12 year sentence for three bank robberies and was brought back to Georgia to face the other theft charges.
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August 23rd, 2025
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