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Robbery suspect captured after five-day manhunt in Marion County, Tenn. [photos]

Fugitive Dewayne Halfacre is in custody with out incident. Fugitive Dewayne Halfacre is in custody with out incident.

By Emmett Gienapp January 26, 2018 4 min read

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Suspect eludes capture in Marion County manhunt

Multiple law enforcement agencies, and a search dog, search for a man near Whitwell Elementary, and into Powell's Crossroads late Tuesday.

A trailer with law enforcement search teams head back to command after a search of nearby Whitwell on State Highway 283, late Tuesday.

Members of the Marion County Special Response Team stand ready outside a house on Ketner Street in Powell's Crossroads just before sundown Tuesday.

Multiple law enforcement agencies, including this helicopter from the Georgia State Patrol, search for a man near Whitwell late Tuesday.

Marion County Special Response members search a building at the Powell's Crossroads Church of God on state highway 283 late Tuesday.

Westbound traffic from Chattanooga enter Powell's Crossroads late Tuesday as a manhunt continues in the Powell's Crossroads community.

City of Whitwell employee directs traffic onto S. Magnolia Street from State Highway 283 as a Georgia State Patrol helicopter hovers during Tuesday's manhunt near Whitwell.

Multiple law enforcement agencies crowd State Highway 283 in this view from Whitwell Elementary School Tuesday afternoon.

As the search continues just before sundown Tuesday, members of the Marion County Special Response Team stand ready outside a house on Ketner Street in Powell's Crossroads.

JUST IN: Wanted Top 10 fugitive Dewayne Halfacre has been captured without incident.

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A five-day-long manhunt in Marion County, Tenn., that involved personnel from 17 law enforcement agencies ended early Friday afternoon with the capture of Dewayne Half- acre, who was taken into custody without further incident.

Halfacre was on the lam from police for a week after allegedly robbing a store in Almaville, Tenn., on Jan 19. He was spotted in Marion County but somehow managed to elude authorities for days despite stealing and crashing a deputy’s car.

Then, on Monday, Halfacre and his alleged partner-in-crime, Timothy Howell, attempted to break into Andy’s Market in South Pittsburg and set off a burglar alarm, authorities said.

The initial investigation led to a vehicle description that was issued to authorities in the area.