AMERICUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Two escaped inmates from Sumter County were captured at an abandoned home on 1st Montgomery Street in Americus, the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office announced. 20-year-old Rickey ...

AMERICUS, Ga. (WRBL) — A Sumter County detention officer was arrested following a jail search in April that led to the confiscation of contraband items. According to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office ...

AMERICUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Two inmates are back behind bars after spending four days on the run from various law enforcement agencies. Sumter County Sheriff Eric Bryant announced the capture of inmates ...

AMERICUS, Ga. (WALB) - A four-day manhunt for two escaped murder suspects is over. And the Sumter County sheriff says four other people now joined them in jail. The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office says ...

Authorities in Georgia asked for the public's assistance on Monday, Feb. 9, after two inmates facing violent crime charges escaped from jail over the weekend. Two inmates escaped custody from the ...

Georgia murder suspects Rickey Martin, 20, and Kentravious Holmes, 21, who escaped the Sumter County Jail on Feb. 8, were recaptured and are back in custody. 2025’s Biggest True Crime Stories: Karen ...

Dan Raby, the senior digital producer for CBS News Atlanta, has been covering everything happening around Georgia for more than a decade. A central Georgia detention officer could face a decade in ...

SUMTER COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) - A detention center officer was arrested on April 21 after an investigation involving contraband items at the jail, the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) announced May ...

Two inmates facing charges that include murder escaped from a Georgia jail Sunday night. Ricky Martin, 20, and Kentravious Holmes, 21, were detained at the Sumter County Jail in Americus, Georgia, ...