An update from the Sheriff’s Office in Washington County, Virginia:

 

Around 2:45 p.m. on January 26, 2023, two inmates escaped the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority in Abingdon, Virginia, from a recreational yard.  The two inmates being Johnny Shane Brown, age 51 of Rogersville, Tennessee, and Albert Lee Ricketson, age 31 of Abingdon, Virginia.

 

Brown is a federal inmate, and Ricketson is a double-homicide convicted murderer.

 

Brown is described as a 182-pound white male who is 5 feet, 11 inches tall with gray hair.  Ricketson is described as a 212-pound white male who is 5 feet, 8 inches tall with brown hair.

 

Brown and Ricketson were last seen wearing red jumpsuits, possibly wearing white t-shirts.  It is believed these two subjects are traveling in a stolen gold-colored Cadillac SUV that has visible damage on the rear of the vehicle with Virginia license plates of UDZ-6049.  The direction of travel is unknown at this time.

 

The sheriff’s office encourages anyone who sees either men or the vehicle to call 911 immediately.