A federal inmate serving a life sentence was captured in Broward County after escaping from a Georgia jail and allegedly kidnapping a rideshare driver while fleeing to South Florida, federal authorities said.
Stevenson Charles, 24, was apprehended following a multi-agency manhunt that began after his escape from the DeKalb County Jail in Georgia, where he had been transferred from federal custody earlier this month.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, Charles had been serving a life sentence for carjacking, kidnapping and multiple robberies before being moved to Georgia state custody on December 5 to await trial on charges connected to a 2022 murder and armed robbery…