Prisoner who escaped custody and got a firearm surrenders to authorities in Tennessee
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A Tennessee prisoner escaped from a work detail, eluded his captors, obtained a gun and barricaded himself in a Knoxville home this weekend before ultimately surrendering to authorities, officials said.
Jason Copley, 44, escaped from custody of the Morgan County Correctional Facility when he walked away from a work detail, the Department of Corrections said.
The Tennessee Department of Corrections contacted the Tennessee Highway Patrol Saturday night to ask for assistance in locating him, and the highway patrol then contacted Knoxville Police, based on suspicion Copley was in the Knoxville area, according to the Knoxville Police. Copley's last listed address was in Knoxville, police said.
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