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Escaped Tenn. inmate caught

Jacob Foster was working with a group of inmates on a Nashville interstate when he started running from correctional officers

By Corrections1 Staff

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tenn. inmate who escaped from a work crew was found in Texas, where police say he robbed a bank.

Jacob Foster was working with a group of inmates on a Nashville interstate when he started running from correctional officers, according to The Associated Press.

Authorities said Foster matched a description of a man who robbed a bank Monday. Officials found him hiding in a box spring mattress in a Texas home.

He was serving a 23-year sentence for multiple theft and burglary convictions.