One of two jail escapees remains on the loose

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Margie Richards
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Monday, June 13. 2011
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The Madison County Sheriff’s Office is looking for one of two inmates who escaped the Madison County Jail Saturday night.


Russell Frank Massey remains on the loose, while fellow escapee Jason Lee Hattaway, 34, has been apprehended without incident, according to the sheriff’s office.

Massey is described as a 31-year old white male, 5 feet 6 inches tall, 165 pounds, with shaggy medium length brown hair and blue eyes.

According to sheriff Kip Thomas, the men, who were cellmates, escaped the jail Saturday night around 10 p.m. after somehow getting one of the doors popped open to an outside recreation yard.

From there, they tore a hole in the fence and then scaled the outer perimeter fence before escaping on foot.

Thomas said the escape was discovered within 15 minutes or so after the jail was breached.

Law enforcement searched the area and posted the escapees’ pictures on the Madison County Sheriff’s Facebook page over the weekend.

A tip came in by phone on Sunday about Hattaway’s whereabouts at a residence in nearby Banks County.

Banks County Sheriff’s deputies, along with Georgia State Patrol and a Lowndes County ICE team, assisted Madison County in apprehending Hattaway at the residence without incidence.

“We really appreciate their assistance with this,” Thomas said.

Hattaway was in jail on a June 4 “order to incarcerate” charge for child support.

He has previous arrests on his record for forgery and probation violations.

Massey was arrested in mid-May at Tommy James Mobile Home Park on Ed Coile Road on drug and marijuana charges, along with a charge of felony interference with government property .

According to the May 18 incident report, when officers arrived at the mobile home park with an arrest warrant, Massey jumped out a bedroom window and ran into a field while throwing objects, later found to be methamphetamine, out of his pocket.

If you know Massey’s whereabouts or have any information on about him, contact the sheriff's office at (706) 795 2101.



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#1 Anonymous on 06/13/11 at 10:41 AM
Bad enough when you can't catch the bad guys. Worse when you can't even keep the door to THE JAIL CLOSED.

How much longer 'til we can vote in a real sheriff and get rid of this clown?
#1.1 william white on 06/13/11 at 05:31 PM
You will have that chance in 2012.
#1.2 Anonymous on 06/19/11 at 10:04 PM
Yes, you are right, but many have escaped before. From the old and new jail. One just walked out from the old jail-he was a trustee, another ran while at a doctors appt-even took off his sandals first while the officer watched, scratched his head, and wondered why he was taking off his shoes, the same officer pulled up with two juveniles about a month or two later and they both jumped out and ran on foot.....so you see, this happens with every sheriff.
#1.2.1 Anonymous on 06/20/11 at 09:24 AM
Let me clarify for those of you who dont understand, these escapes were under the old sheriffs administration, Not Mr. Thomas.
#1.2.1.1 Anonymous on 06/20/11 at 07:57 PM
Let me clarify that one more time, sorry not used to blogging; not saying anything bad about mr. lowe or mr. thomas, i like them both; my comment is just that every jail has escapes. Thought i needed to clarify that before i get a bunch of hate blogging on here.
#2 E.J. on 06/13/11 at 10:42 AM
So, how did they "tear through" the fence with no tools or did they just use their hands? How easy is it to "pop the lock" at our jail and how is that done? Did they have outside help? Two breaches are unacceptable! At least the low-lifes weren't too much of the violent sort, yet.

This news-gathering group needs a follow-up article to finish the story and not next month.
#3 Skip Kip on 06/13/11 at 11:22 AM
Could the "somehow" kip is referring to be one of his jailers opening the door or leaving it open?
#4 Wayne Booth on 06/13/11 at 03:47 PM
Will the last inmate at the MC pokey please turn out the lights.
#5 curious on 06/13/11 at 05:46 PM
Margie,

If the escape was Saturday night why are we just now hearing about it? Did the Sheriff just now inform the newspaper about the escape? I would think the people who live near the jail would like to know as soon as possible when there are escaped inmates running around their neighborhood.
#6 OMH on 06/14/11 at 08:34 AM
Oh my! Turn the lights out!!!! LOL Do the hokey pokey and turn yourself in, that's what its all about. . . do the hokey pokey. This should not be funny but MCSO is turning into the biggest joke. Did they ever get the bank robbers?
#7 OMH on 06/14/11 at 08:42 AM
u put ur left foot n, u put ur left foot out, u put ur left foot n and u shake it all about. u do the hokey pokey and u turn ur self in, that's what its all about. u put ur whole self n, u put ur whole self out, u put ur whole self out and u shake it all about. U do the hokey pokey and u turn yourself in, that's what its all about.
#8 Anonymous on 06/14/11 at 12:10 PM
It's 72 hours later and they still haven't caught him? Leaving the door to the jail open? COME ON!
#9 anon on 06/14/11 at 02:07 PM
Well when you treat your deputies the way some have been done lately this is what you get. You get your pay back ! Have you not heard what goes around comes around ? Thanks to the Chief Deputy and his cohorts !
#9.1 E.J. on 06/14/11 at 07:58 PM
Pray tell, how have deputies been treated and by whom? Who is it that is "paying back" and how? This post tells us absolutely nothing.
#9.1.1 anon on 06/14/11 at 10:46 PM
When you treat deputies like crap and fire them for no reason other than you don't like them well this is the kinda thing that happens.
#9.1.1.1 Anonymous on 06/15/11 at 11:14 AM
Thanks for your reply, but, again, how exactly have deputies been treated and by whom? Who is it that is "paying back" and how? I still have nothing to go on. Can you help further?
#9.1.1.2 Anonymous on 06/15/11 at 01:01 PM
Agree. This incident is hard evidence of the complete mismanagement of our sheriff's dept. and jail.
#9.1.1.2.1 E.J. on 06/15/11 at 08:33 PM
Please, what are the mismanagement actions? Who has done what to whom in order to mismanage the department? This would be information many of us need to know how to vote next time. Please enlighten us!
#9.1.1.2.1.1 Justabystander on 06/16/11 at 08:47 AM
A good thorough internal investigation wouldn't hurt MCSO at all. We'll leave it at that. And check out stories from day one of 2009.
#10 M.D. on 06/15/11 at 10:58 AM
Well I tell you Madison Co. Yall are the one who wanted to make a mistake , So what did you do , Hired a Sherrif in training and forced out Lowe. And this is your payback , more crime than usual.
#11 98 yr. old granny on 06/15/11 at 02:37 PM
Now I ain't no law enforcement professional, but I do know you supposed to keep the bad guys IN the jail, not turn 'em a-loose!
#12 DR on 06/15/11 at 08:57 PM
Does anyone know what happened to Mr. Williams that wrote the editorial in last weeks paper? It seems he was let go? Why?
I feel a deputy injuried in the line of duty should have a job until he decided to leave. If unable to physically complete the job he should have a job in dispatch, etc...
What happened to Mr. Williams?
#12.1 anon on 06/17/11 at 07:43 AM
Read some of the previous posts and I think you can see what happened to Mr.Williams.
I agree for a deputy to get shot in the line of duty he should never have to worry about his job again ! WAKE UP KIP !!!! I think this maybe the nail in your coffin for reelection !!!!!!!
#12.1.1 female with firearm on 06/17/11 at 01:34 PM
Sheriff Kip Thomas is a good and honorable man. He's a former Marine who brings a lot of integrity to his position in Madison County.He's definitely got his work cut out for him in balancing out the good-ole-boy system that has been pervasive in the Sheriffs office.I don't have any information about the politics going on at MCSO but I do know that if Kip Thomas fired a deputy, he had good reason to that may not be able to be revealed to the public.He's also very easy on the eyes!
#12.1.2 William White on 06/17/11 at 06:16 PM
I agree that Mr.Williams should have been place into a different position at the Sheriffs Dept. This man was injured in the line of duty protecting the Citizens of Madison County,and for that alone let him keep serving Madison County.I Hope that I get a chance to meet this "Hero" in my book and shake his hand for his duties,and tell him thank you. I have been told that Mr.Williams is very well known in Madison County,and the Sheriff Department was blessed to have him as a Deputy. God bless you Deputy Williams and on January of 2013 you will return.
#12.1.2.1 Anonymous on 06/19/11 at 10:14 PM
This is hilarious....although I agree Mr. Williams should not have been fired, but God forbid you have anything to do with his return. You have NO experience in this matter...your little article you wrote does not tell us what experience YOU have, only that you and YOUR Father have worked for many years in Law enforcement. Where do you work now? What jobs have you held and for how long? Working for a security company and running a sheriffs department is not the same thing. and unless YOUR father plans on running it, you should just save your money. LOL LOL LOL
#13 Anonymous on 06/17/11 at 04:00 PM
I have another question. The article above says they knew 15 minutes later that there was an escape. Well, I know the area well around the jail, and I can promise you this: they couldn't get very far in that "15 minutes", so why did it take days for them to be captured? How did he manage to wind up in Banks County? Someone obviously wasn't doing their job. They should take a lesson from the Danielsville firings, and get rid of people who don't do their job.
#14 Anonymous on 06/17/11 at 04:04 PM
I think the Sheriff took so long to announce the escapees because he wanted to catch them first, therefore announcing the escape and capture all in the same story. Aren't these the same people who are responsible for the death & dissapearrance of three $20,000 K-9 dogs? And the same people responsible for firing one (if not the only) cop shot in the line of duty in the county (Mr. Williams)?

I can't wait until 2012. Should be very interesting, to say the least.
#14.1 Anonymous on 06/19/11 at 10:11 PM
Only one dog was purchased, the others were donated...one was lost, and the others died of natural causes, they were not murdered.
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