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For Immediate Release |
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January 14, 2009 |
Southern District of Georgia Supervisory Deputy Tommy Long (912) 652-4577; USMS Headquarters Public Affairs (202) 307-9065 |
Prison Escapee Captured in Jesup |
A fugitive wanted by the Georgia Department of
Corrections was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Savannah Office of the
Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, Georgia Department of Corrections
K-9 officers and other Corrections officers on January 14, 2009. Jesse James Holliday (aka Jesse James Brandt), 38, was being sought on a warrant charging him with escape. Holliday was serving a three year prison sentence for financial identity fraud at the Long State Prison in Ludowici, Georgia. Holliday was on a work detail in the Jesup, Georgia area when he fled. The Marshals Fugitive Task Force, GDC K-9, and other GDC officers worked through the night trying to locate him. Numerous leads were worked in this case. Holliday was captured in Jesup, Georgia, 28 hours from the time he fled the work detail. Holliday was taken to Smith State Prison in
Glennville, Georgia for safekeeping to await prosecution on the escape
charges. |