Female inmate captured after escaping Amite County jail

Kenita Harris

CENTREVILLE – (AP) _ A female escapee from the Amite County jail has been recaptured in Centreville, authorities said.

Sheriff Tom Wroten told The Enterprise-Journal that 20-year-old Kenita Harris of Crosby got through an exercise yard gate around 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 20.

Kenita Harris

Harris fled on foot, Wroten said, and flagged down cars for a ride into Centreville. He said authorities believe the lock on the yard gate was faulty.

She surrendered without incident at a mobile home on Howard Street in Centreville at about 9 p.m. on Saturday, he said.

Centreville Police Chief Jimy Ray Reese said Harris was wearing street clothes, so motorists who gave her a ride didn’t have a hint she was an escapee.

He said authorities from Liberty, Gloster and Centreville, as well as a chase team from the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, helped locate her.

Harris had been jailed on charges of credit card fraud.  She was returned to the Amite County jail.

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