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JSO: Escaped inmate turns himself in one day after fleeing custody

Steven Jacob Matthews-Bull, 31, turned himself and was arrested on an escape charge, according to police.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla — An inmate is back in custody Wednesday just one day after the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said he escaped a correctional facility.

Steven Jacob Matthews-Bull, 31, turned himself and was arrested on an escape charge, according to police. 

JSO said Matthews-Bill fled Tuesday evening in the 600 block of Agmac Avenue. Mathews-Bull was reporting back to the facility when he was searched and found with illegal narcotics. The suspect then fled from the Department of Corrections employees and into a wooded area.

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