MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has placed two escaped inmates on its Top Ten Most Wanted list.
Dewayne Halfacre, 43, and Jonathan Baxter, 28, assaulted a guard at the Rutherford County jail and scaled a razor wire fence early Wednesday.
TOP TEN #MostWanted ALERT: These two men escaped from the Rutherford County Jail after assaulting a jail guard!
Be on the lookout!
Call 1-800-TBI-FIND if you spot either man! Up to $2,500 reward on each!#Tennessee #RutherfordCounty #Murfreesboro #TN #TopTen #Wanted #Top10 pic.twitter.com/gaD00WTx6U
— Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (@TBInvestigation) October 10, 2018
Rutherford County Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh said in a Facebook post that the inmates overpowered an officer, climbed over a razor wire and escaped early Wednesday from the jail in Murfreesboro. The deputy was treated for minor injuries Wednesday and released from a hospital.
Several police agencies are searching the area with assistance from K-9 officers and a helicopter from TBI.
The reward for information leading to either man’s arrest stands at up to $5,000 each, thanks to the US Marshals Service.