Tennessee inmate Jacob Morley appears in federal court after escaping TDOC

Tennessee inmate Jacob Allen Morley appeared in federal court Monday after escaping from the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville on Oct. 25.

Official response and confirmed impact

Morley was serving a life sentence at the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville when records say he was unaccounted for during an inmate count at about 11:30 p.m.

Information was later received that Morley traveled to Marion, Illinois, where he stole a white Ford F-350 that contained two rifles and a shotgun.

The truck’s license plate was entered into a license plate reader system, the affidavit says.

Several readers near I-35 Highway and Pleasant Valley Road in Liberty, Missouri, recorded hits on the plate.

Task force members, Kansas City Missouri Police Department Career Criminal Unit members and Deputy U.S. Marshal Aaron Riley searched the area between MO-152 Highway and MO-291 Highway.

Incident background

Surveillance footage showed him wearing a correctional facility uniform and breaching the facility fence.

They found the truck in the Savers store parking lot, located at 300 Route MO-291 Highway in Liberty. Morley was then identified as the driver.