Blairsville, GA – On a tip from the Union County Sheriff’s Office, FetchYournews.com has learned that an inmate from the Colwell Probation Detention Center in Blairsville, GA, who was on a work detail in Towns County, stole a car and managed to escape from custody today. The car reportedly had .357 magnum hand gun in it. The inmate was spotted by a Union County Sheriff’s Deputy heading towards Fannin County on Hwy 515. A chase ensued from there that lead into Fannin County where Fannin County Sheriff’s Deputies assisted in apprehending the inmate after he ran several cars of the road and ended up crashing the stolen vehicle. It is not know at this time whether the inmate knew he had stolen a car with a handgun in it. The inmate was reportedly not injured in the crash and is now back in custody. The inmate reportedly only had nine days left to serve out his sentence.

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