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UPDATE: Police find ID bracelet, hospital gown of Hamilton County Jail escapee

Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Austin Garrett holds up a photo and asks the public for any information on the whereabouts of escaped convict Anthony Labron Bell, 29. Bell escaped while being treated in Erlanger hospital's Emergency Department early Sunday. Standing, from left are, Lt. Chris Harvey, Sgt. Mike Cox, Garrett, Deputy Chief Mark King and Sgt. Mickey Rountree.
Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Austin Garrett holds up a photo and asks the public for any information on the whereabouts of escaped convict Anthony Labron Bell, 29. Bell escaped while being treated in Erlanger hospital's Emergency Department early Sunday. Standing, from left are, Lt. Chris Harvey, Sgt. Mike Cox, Garrett, Deputy Chief Mark King and Sgt. Mickey Rountree.

By Staff Report 3 min read

Editor’s Note: This article was updated at 8:12 p.m. on Sunday, July 7, 2019.

Police reported Sunday evening locating the discarded ID bracelet and hospital gown of an inmate who remains at large after escaping around 6:30 a.m. Sunday while undergoing treatment at Erlanger hospital.

photo Anthony Labron Bell

The inmate, 29-year-old Anthony Labron Bell, was arrested in May and is accused of robbing the Papa John’s restaurant located at 5942 Highway 58 on May 2, Hamilton County court records show.

According to a news release, Chattanooga police responded around 2 p.m. Sunday to Professional Industrial Tire on the 1500 block of Riverside Drive to a report of a commercial burglary.

CPD officers determined that the business had been burglarized and found the hospital gown and identification bracelet that had been worn by Bell.