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Escapee located in Nelson County

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An Elizabethtown man who escaped police custody in Richmond is back behind bars, this time in Nelson County.

According to the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office, on July 2 deputies responded to a tip regarding the location of Jarod Barnes. Kentucky State Police Post Seven says Barnes, who is serving a sentence for multiple charges including second degree Engaging in Organized Crime-Criminal Syndicate and first degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance, walked away from the Bluegrass Career and Development Center in Richmond just before 6:45 p.m. on June 22.

The KSP said Barnes was known to frequent Hardin County and the surrounding counties. Deputies found Barnes at a residence on the 500 block of Locust Street in New Haven. Kaitlin Smithson of New Haven was also taken into custody and charged with hindering prosecution.

Barnes and Smithson were both lodged in the Nelson County Correctional Center.

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