WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — A fugitive from the state of Kentucky has been captured in Mingo County.
Mingo County Sheriff’s Deputies spotted Whitney Hurley, 36, of Freeburn, Kentucky Thursday morning and she was arrested after a brief pursuit in the community of Rawl, W.Va. According to Kentucky State Police, Hurley walked away from the Pike County Detention Center in Kentucky Wednesday evening around 6 p.m.
Hurley faces charges of being a fugit
ive from justice, fleeing with reckless indifference, and fleeing on foot.
Mingo County Deputies also arrested Lynna Ray Jean Cantrell of Matewan. She was charged with aiding and abetting in a jail escape.