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Jail escapee turns himself in to detention center

February 27, 2008|Mike Moore

The misdemeanor charges that Nicholasville's Gregory Taylor was originally jailed for last Friday are the least of his concerns, Jessamine County Jailer Cecil Moss said, following his escape.

Last Friday, Taylor bolted from the Jessamine County Detention Center, after being arrested for theft by unlawful taking, third-degree terroristic threatening and contempt of court.

The incident occurred just past 4 p.m. when Taylor was allowed to use the telephone in the downstairs booking area.

"They brought him out of the holding area to use the telephone, and he was waiting to see his pre-trial officer," Moss said. "When he was on the phone, the deputy was letting the pre-trial officer out of the door, and he knocked down the deputy and pre-trial officer and ran out of that door and then went out the front door."

As per policy, detention center officials notified the surrounding law enforcement agencies and the state department of corrections.

"Basically, we went through the area looking for him," Moss said.

The search was called off around 9:30 p.m. after Taylor turned himself back in to detention center officials.

"I know his mother brought him back up here," Moss said. "I don't know where he went after he left here. Whether he went to his mother's, I do not know."

Prior to the escape, Taylor was facing Class A misdemeanor charges, punishable by a fine, up to 12 months in jail or both.

Now, along with the misdemeanors, he is also charges for facing first-degree escape, a Class C felony, punishable by 5 to 10 years in prison, and third-degree assault on a correctional officer, a Class D felony, punishable by 1 to 5 years in prison.

Neither the jail deputy or pre-trail officer was injured during the escape.

Taylor remains in the Jessamine County Detention Center on a $4,000 full-cash bond for the misdemeanor charges, and a $25,000 full-cash bond for the felony charges.

There is no bond allowed for the contempt charge, Moss said.

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