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Warren County Inmate Who Escaped Back in Custody

Kentucky State Police

Police have captured an inmate from the Warren County Jail who escaped Monday afternoon. 

Twenty-three-year-old Anthony Embry of Morgantown walked away from a work detail on Church Avenue in Bowling Green. 

Embry was found on Morgantown Road just before 10 a.m. Wednesday. According to the Warren County Sheriff’s Department, Embry had in his possession a firearm and a machete at the time of his arrest and additional charges will be filed. 

Embry was already being held on several charges, including Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon, Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, and Probation Violation.

A second inmate, Bates Cole who escaped with Embry, was caught Monday night. 

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