July 28, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
Another prisoner who broke out of the DeKalb County Jail last November and was captured a short time later appeared for sentencing in DeKalb County Criminal Court on Monday, July 23
Judge David Patterson presided.
39 year old Jack Mullican, Jr. entered a plea to escape and in a separate case for aggravated burglary. He received a two year sentence for the escape and five years for the burglary to run consecutively for a total of seven years. He must serve two years at 30% for the escape but the remaining five years will be suspended to supervised probation. He was given jail credit of 259 days.
Mullican and two other inmates, 33 year old Bryon Ray Gibbs and 26 year old Daniel Trey Hamilton broke out of the jail annex on Tuesday night, November 21, 2017. They made their escape from the back of the jail annex through a door they jimmied open.
Mullican was captured Wednesday morning, November 22 after being found in an underground water drain near Mapco Express. He became trapped there after making his escape.
Gibbs was spotted in Alexandria the following Saturday, November 25 and with the help of bystanders, he was taken into custody by Alexandria Police Officer Josh Arnold. After being confronted, Gibbs resisted and began fighting with Arnold. Citizens who witnessed the scene came to the aid of the officer to help subdue Gibbs. Deputies and detectives of the Sheriff’s Department also responded to provide assistance. Gibbs was charged by Alexandria Police with resisting arrest and aggravated assault.
Hamilton was arrested in Fort Myers, Florida Tuesday, November 28 after being involved in a traffic accident there.
Gibbs appeared in criminal court on Tuesday, July 17 and entered a plea to escape, aggravated assault (of an Alexandria Police Officer) and aggravated burglary (separate incident). He received a two year sentence for the escape to serve in the Tennessee Department of Correction. Gibbs also got a four year sentence in each of the other two cases on TDOC probation. The terms are to run consecutively. He was given jail credit from November 25, 2017 to July 17, 2018.