Stevenson Charles, 24, Yusuf Minor, 31, and Naod Yohannes, 25, escaped from the DeKalb County Jail in Decatur, Ga., on Monday, Dec. 22 and were later captured in Florida
NEED TO KNOW
- Three Georgia jail escapees who were later caught in Florida are accused of kidnapping a rideshare driver and threatening to kill her
- Stevenson Charles, 24, Yusuf Minor, 31, and Naod Yohannes, 25, escaped from the DeKalb County Jail on Dec. 22
- The driver claimed she was forced to drive the trio across state lines to a rental property that authorities said was paid for with her credit card
Three inmates who escaped from a Georgia jail and were later captured in Florida are accused of kidnapping a rideshare driver and threatening to kill her, authorities said.
Stevenson Charles, 24, Yusuf Minor, 31, and Naod Yohannes, 25, escaped from the DeKalb County Jail after a routine security check on the morning of Monday, Dec. 22 revealed they were missing, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement at the time.
A federal criminal complaint reviewed by PEOPLE alleges that the trio escaped from the jail using a rideshare service that was requested by a woman authorities later identified at a press conference as Minor’s girlfriend. Officials said the rideshare service was Lyft…