Lee County Sheriff’s Office
A Florida man who escaped a St. Petersburg correctional facility earlier this month was arrested Monday morning some 100 miles away in North Fort Myers, authorities said.
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to an apartment on the 1330 block of Lavin Lane in North Fort Myers at around 11:30 a.m. Monday after receiving a report that wanted escapee Jamie Jenks, 33, was there.
According to the Florida Department of Corrections, Jenks left the St. Petersburg Community Release Center without permission shortly after 2 a.m. on Aug. 3. The St. Petersburg Police Department responded, but a search of the area with K-9 units was unsuccessful, and a Be On The Lookout (BOLO) was issued…