Inmate on work-release charged with escape

Published 12:00 pm Tuesday, May 21, 2019

MOULTRIE, Ga. — A young man serving a sentence for probation violation now finds himself in even more trouble.

Nathaniel Wright, 24, was taken into custody May 2 on the probation violation charge. Colquitt County Jail documents didn’t indicate what offense he was on probation for or how he had violated it.

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One document at the jail listed Wright’s address as Sylvester but another listed it as Funston-Sigsbee Road.

As part of a work-release arrangement, Wright was in the custody of the Colquitt County Jail, but he was released to work his shift at the Moultrie Burger King.

On Thursday, a restaurant official notified deputies that Wright had left work about 3 p.m. that day and hadn’t returned. Officers found him about 11:30 p.m. and took him back into custody.

Wright is now charged with escape.