MORGAN COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — Officials reported Sunday morning that an inmate who walked away last week from the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex is facing new charges after being apprehended.
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The West Liberty Police Department announced around 7 a.m. that 40-year-old John Parrott had been taken back into custody.
Kentucky State Police say they were called in to help with the case Sunday morning and found Parrott about 6:30 a.m. inside a residence in the 6000 block of Kentucky Highway 705.
Officials said Parrott was on a work detail Jan. 11 at a local tree farm when he walked off.
Parrott was serving a 38-year sentence for convictions out of Nelson and Jefferson counties for second-degree burglary, theft by unlawful taking, first-degree burglary, receiving stolen property, second-degree robbery, possession of a handgun by convicted felon, first-degree wanton endangerment and second-degree escape.
KSP says Parrott is facing new charges related to the escape, including two counts of second-degree burglary, second-degree escape and first-degree persistent felony offender.