Alabama inmate who escaped from job site recaptured in Georgia

Alabama inmate who escaped from job site recaptured in Georgia

An Alabama inmate who escaped from his job at a Montgomery auto shop has been recaptured in Georgia after two days on the lam, authorities said Thursday.

Linwood Harris, a 53-year-old state inmate serving a 15-year sentence for burglary out of Russell County, left the site of Maaco Paint and Body in Montgomery around 5:25 p.m. Tuesday, according to the the Alabama Department of Corrections.

After being on the run for two days, Harris surrendered to police in Columbus, Georgia, at 7 p.m. Thursday, ADOC said.