3 Georgia jail escapees allegedly force Lyft driver to Florida before capture by authorities

Three inmates who escaped a DeKalb County, Georgia, jailhouse connected Monday were captured without incidental successful Miami, Florida, aft a multistate manhunt led by the U.S. Marshals Service and determination fugitive task forces.

The inmates – 24-year-old Stevenson Charles, 31-year-old Yusuf Minor and 25-year-old Naod Yohannes – escaped the DeKalb County Jail successful Decatur, a northeastern suburb of Atlanta, aboriginal Monday morning.

The inmates were facing felony charges, including murder, arson and equipped robbery, and were considered unsafe and perchance armed, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.

Investigators learned Charles contacted his woman successful Florida, and astir 2:30 a.m., a Lyft operator picked up each 3 suspects astatine the location of Minor’s girlfriend.

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DeKalb County Sheriff's Office said 3 inmates escaped from Dekalb County Jail. (DeKalb County Sheriff's Office)

The operator past took the suspects to a vacant code successful Stone Mountain, Georgia, associated with Minor.

Investigators identified the Lyft operator and began efforts to find her.

Authorities aboriginal determined the fugitives allegedly forced the operator to instrumentality them to Florida on a way toward the Miami area, wherever Charles’ woman was located.

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The inmates were considered unsafe and perchance armed, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office. (DeKalb County Sheriff's Office)

At astir 9:30 p.m. Monday, investigators learned the fugitives had rented an Airbnb successful Miramar, Florida.

The Broward County Sheriff’s Office spotted the Lyft conveyance astir 10:45 p.m. and attempted a postulation stop, but Charles and Yohannes fled.

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The 3 inmates were captured without incidental successful Miami, Florida, aft a multistate manhunt. (DeKalb County Sheriff's Office)

By 11:40 p.m., each 3 fugitives were apprehended without further incident.

The Lyft operator was located and treated by exigency responders.

A Lyft spokesperson told Fox News Digital the institution is moving with instrumentality enforcement successful immoderate mode it can.

"We are profoundly acrophobic by this incidental and relieved that the operator is safe," the spokesperson said. "Our hearts are with the driver, and we person reached retired to connection support."

The probe into the flight remains ongoing.

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According to the U.S. Marshals Service, Charles was convicted of national weapons violations and sentenced to 10 years to beingness successful prison. Minor was convicted of execution successful 2024 and is serving a beingness sentence, portion Yohannes was being held connected arson and transgression harm charges. All 3 present look further charges.