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UPDATE: South Mississippi escapee captured

James Wesley Lee | Photo: MDOC

The parolee is identified as James Wesley Lee, 39.

Posted: Oct 18, 2018 4:30 PM

Updated: Oct 19, 2018 9:11 AM

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Update 10/19/18 9:09 a.m.

The Mississippi Department of Corrections says this escapee was captured Thursday night at a local Jackson shelter.

See the original post below.

CANTON, Miss. (WTVA) - A parolee from south Mississippi has escaped.

The parolee is identified as James Wesley Lee, 39.

The Mississippi Department of Corrections says he escaped from the Madison County Transitional Center in Canton Thursday.

He was wearing a white T-shirt and navy/khaki pants with blue and gray tennis shoes.

He was convicted in 2014 for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute in Rankin County.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to contact 662-745-6611.

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Cases: 320107

Reported Deaths: 7378

County	Cases	Deaths
DeSoto	22291	269
Hinds	20741	421
Harrison	18444	317
Rankin	13917	282
Jackson	13731	249
Madison	10270	224
Lee	10060	176
Jones	8473	167
Forrest	7834	153
Lauderdale	7263	242
Lowndes	6523	150
Lamar	6360	88
Lafayette	6314	121
Washington	5426	137
Bolivar	4841	133
Panola	4671	110
Oktibbeha	4663	98
Pearl River	4606	147
Marshall	4574	105
Warren	4440	121
Pontotoc	4259	73
Monroe	4161	136
Union	4158	77
Neshoba	4064	180
Lincoln	4009	113
Hancock	3870	87
Leflore	3516	125
Tate	3425	86
Sunflower	3394	91
Pike	3372	111
Alcorn	3274	73
Scott	3203	74
Yazoo	3143	71
Adams	3083	86
Itawamba	3051	78
Copiah	2999	66
Coahoma	2989	84
Simpson	2985	89
Tippah	2922	68
Prentiss	2842	61
Leake	2722	74
Marion	2712	80
Covington	2672	83
Wayne	2648	42
Grenada	2640	87
George	2522	51
Newton	2489	63
Tishomingo	2322	68
Winston	2301	81
Jasper	2221	48
Attala	2151	73
Chickasaw	2105	59
Holmes	1903	74
Stone	1887	33
Clay	1879	54
Tallahatchie	1800	41
Clarke	1789	80
Calhoun	1742	32
Yalobusha	1678	40
Smith	1641	34
Walthall	1354	47
Greene	1318	34
Lawrence	1312	24
Montgomery	1286	43
Noxubee	1280	34
Perry	1275	38
Amite	1263	42
Carroll	1223	30
Webster	1150	32
Jefferson Davis	1083	34
Tunica	1081	27
Claiborne	1031	30
Benton	1023	25
Humphreys	975	33
Kemper	967	29
Franklin	850	23
Quitman	823	16
Choctaw	791	18
Wilkinson	696	32
Jefferson	663	28
Sharkey	509	17
Issaquena	169	6
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Cases: 549013

Reported Deaths: 11311

County	Cases	Deaths
Jefferson	81046	1571
Mobile	42145	831
Madison	35718	525
Tuscaloosa	26179	458
Shelby	25626	254
Montgomery	25089	614
Baldwin	21901	314
Lee	16287	176
Calhoun	14724	327
Morgan	14639	285
Etowah	14183	364
Marshall	12454	230
Houston	10791	287
Elmore	10301	214
Limestone	10188	157
St. Clair	10161	251
Cullman	9958	201
Lauderdale	9612	250
DeKalb	8977	190
Talladega	8462	184
Walker	7341	280
Autauga	7242	113
Jackson	6953	113
Blount	6950	139
Colbert	6415	140
Coffee	5638	127
Dale	4930	116
Russell	4549	41
Chilton	4478	116
Franklin	4317	82
Covington	4279	122
Tallapoosa	4144	155
Escambia	4018	80
Chambers	3728	124
Dallas	3610	158
Clarke	3531	61
Marion	3245	107
Pike	3145	78
Lawrence	3134	100
Winston	2835	72
Bibb	2685	64
Geneva	2584	81
Marengo	2506	65
Pickens	2370	62
Barbour	2345	59
Hale	2271	78
Butler	2246	71
Fayette	2189	62
Henry	1944	43
Randolph	1876	44
Cherokee	1873	45
Monroe	1806	41
Washington	1707	39
Macon	1630	51
Clay	1601	59
Crenshaw	1563	57
Cleburne	1536	44
Lamar	1469	37
Lowndes	1422	54
Wilcox	1269	30
Bullock	1245	42
Conecuh	1136	30
Coosa	1116	29
Perry	1086	26
Sumter	1058	32
Greene	936	34
Choctaw	621	25
Out of AL	0	0
Unassigned	0	0

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High pressure will continue to dominate our weather forecast over the next few days. This will at least keep our area dry for our Wednesday and maybe a little room for a few showers on our Thursday, however nothing major.