Jennifer Renee CooleyA Sequatchie County native who escaped from an inmate work detail in Johnson City, Tenn., back in September was taken into custody overnight at home on Branch Road just north of Dunlap.
Jennifer Renee Cooley, 32, was found by Sequatchie County Sheriff’s office deputies hiding in a bedroom closet at the Branch Road home about 1 a.m., according to department spokesman Christopher Walker.
Cooley escaped from a work detail in Johnson City on Sept. 7 along with two other female inmates. The other two women were recaptured soon after the escape but Cooley, who was believed to have been in the Dunlap area, remained at-large until early today.
Cooley was being held on charges of theft and manufacturing methamphetamine. Now, an escape charge and new charges in Sequatchie of resisting arrest and possession of drug paraphernalia have been added to the list of charges again her.
Cooley is being held without bond at the Sequatchie County Justice Center.