NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says a man added to its Top 10 Most Wanted list after a jail escape has been captured. The agency said on Twitter that 37-year-old Joel Ernest Blanton was captured Monday evening in Warren County.
TOP 10 ALERT UPDATE: Wanted fugitive Joel Blanton is in custody, after being captured this evening in Warren County!
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— Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (@TBInvestigation) June 26, 2018
Blanton was found guilty April 17 of four counts of rape of a child and two counts of aggravated sexual battery.