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Escaped inmate caught after crashing stolen vehicle in Clay County

An escaped Florida Department of Corrections inmate has been caught, after allegedly stealing a truck and crashing it in Clay County.

WOKV first told you Tuesday afternoon that Shane Kizziah had walked off while doing yard work at the Baker Correctional Institution Work Camp. FDC says he fled in a vehicle, without authorization.

Around 5:45PM, FDC notified WOKV that Kizziah had been caught.

The Florida Highway Patrol says they tracked Kizziah through multiple counties through the day as they worked to contact relatives and conduct their investigation. They declined to say which counties specifically because of the ongoing investigation, but we’re told Kizziah acquired the truck he was driving in Starke, in Bradford County.

The Clay County Sheriff’s Office says one of their K9 deputies spotted Kizziah, who fled, driving erratically before crashing in to another vehicle on Blanding Blvd. That other vehicle had an elderly couple inside, but FHP says the injuries were minor. The couple was taken to the hospital as a precaution, and Kizziah was taken in to custody by CCSO.

FHP says Kizziah will face multiple charges from multiple agencies, including possible charges from FHP’s investigation of the Middleburg crash.

“Huge cooperation between these agencies, that teamwork approach really works, and we’d like the listening public to understand that law enforcement has their back and we’re gunna keep our communities as safe as possible,” says FHP Master Sergeant Dylan Bryan.

We’ve reached out to FDC to learn more about what charges Kizziah now faces connected to the escape. He was serving a ten year sentence for two robbery with a deadly weapon charges out of Duval County, and had been set to be released in 2020. FDC says they had no prior disciplinary issues with him, prior to today.

🔺NEWS ALERT: Earlier our agency was informed of an escaped prisoner from Baker County. CCSO members began searching the...

Posted by Clay County Sheriff's Office, Florida on Tuesday, May 29, 2018

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