An Elizabethtown man who escaped police custody in Richmond is back behind bars, this time in Nelson County.
According to the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office, on July 2 deputies responded to a tip regarding the location of Jarod Barnes. Kentucky State Police Post Seven says Barnes, who is serving a sentence for multiple charges including second degree Engaging in Organized Crime-Criminal Syndicate and first degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance, walked away from the Bluegrass Career and Development Center in Richmond just before 6:45 p.m. on June 22.
The KSP said Barnes was known to frequent Hardin County and the surrounding counties. Deputies found Barnes at a residence on the 500 block of Locust Street in New Haven. Kaitlin Smithson of New Haven was also taken into custody and charged with hindering prosecution…