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

 

Johnny Shane Brown and Albert Lee Ricketson, two inmates who escaped from the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority in Abingdon, Virginia, on January 26, 2023, have been apprehended in Hawkins County, Tennessee.

 

Federal, State, and local law enforcement personnel from Virginia And Tennessee have worked tirelessly to capture Brown and Ricketson since being notified by the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority of their escape. The two escapees were captured about four (4) miles from where the stolen vehicle was located this morning in Bulls Gap, Tennessee.

 

Officers located Brown and Ricketson hiding in the upstairs of a barn on Cupp Hollow Road in Rogersville, Tennessee. Both were arrested without incident. Federal inmate, Johnny Brown, will be held in Washington County Tennessee Jail without bond. Two-counts convicted murderer, 

 

Albert Ricketson, will be held in Hawkins County Tennessee Jail without bond.