A Madison County inmate escaped from custody between 11:15 and 11:30 a.m. Wednesday as deputies took him back to his home to recover stolen items.
James Michael Self, 19, who was being held at the county jail on theft charges, escaped from an investigator and a deputy at his residence on Fred Goss Road.
“They went to the house to recover some stuff he had stolen and a lady got between him and the deputies and he took off,” said Sheriff Kip Thomas.
Thomas said the woman was the escapee’s mother, but she is not under arrest.
“It (the mother's interference) wasn’t intentional,” said Thomas. “He just saw an opportunity and he took it.”
The nearby Madison County Middle School has been placed on lockdown.
The Georgia State Patrol and the county canine unit are tracking Self.
“The chopper is on its way,” he said.
Anyone with knowledge of Self’s whereabouts should call the sheriff’s department at 706-795-6202.
James Michael Self
So.... Michael Self escaped accidentally? Its very difficult for someone properly secured to get away on foot. Should have been in belly chain and leg irons. Probably not handcuffed at all. Nice!!
Proof positive our Sheriff's Dept. is incompetent morons!
Y'all got it backwards: the innocent people not breaking the law are the people you LEAVE ALONE. The thieves and criminals are the people you LOCK UP. Are y'all smoking something in the evidence locker?
Bad week , huhhh Sherff.. And its just Wednesday..
If you would just go ahead and step down, it would save every one alot of headache-and this county any additional humiliation... And lots of money..
The lady gets in between the deputy and inmate....so the inmate takes off?
Barefoot? in a bright orange jumper? AND in handcuffs?
AND neither the deputy or the investigator can stop him?
Just sayin'..........
#2ntha punch - "were you comes from"? seriously?