HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. – Kentucky State Police (KSP) have captured a state inmate that escaped that Monday, October 19 at 9:28 a.m.
State inmate, Chad William Love, escaped from a Christian County Jail work detail near the Salvation Army in Hopkinsville. KSP troopers along with Hopkinsville Police Department officers and Christian County Sheriff’s deputies were searching an area near Main Street and First Baptist Church in Hopkinsville.
Escapee Love was taken into custody at approximately 2:59 p.m. by the KSP. He was located in a wooded area around Gilliland Lane and Witty Lane, which is north of Hopkinsville.
A Hopkinsville Police Department K-9 tracked and located Love. He is being transported to the Jennie Stuart Medical Center for treatment of a dog bite. Once medically cleared, he will be booked into the Christian County Jail.
Love was convicted in Christian County for Fraudulent Use of a Credit Card Over $500 but less than $10,000. He has previous felony convictions for assault, burglary, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, forgery, theft, and receiving stolen property.