ACTION 8 UPDATE: Escaped inmate from Alexander City Detention Facility recaptured

Tom Seabers Pope – Photo from Alabama Department of Corrections

UPDATE:

ADOC says the inmate who escaped from the Alexander City Detention Facility Monday has been recaptured.

Details are limited, but ADOC tells Action 8 News that 35-year-old Tom Seabers Pope was captured late Moinday night in Marshall County by the US Marshals Fugitive Task Force Unit.

ORIGINAL:

The Alabama Department of Corrections says an inmate has escaped from the Alexander City Detention Facility.

ADOC is seeking help finding 35-year-old Tom Seabers Pope. He was last accounted for at around 6:40PM last night. Later in the night, ADOC says he wasn’t found and was considered an escapee at 9:18PM.

He is described as 5’7″ tall and 160 pounds. He  has short brown hair and blue eyes.

Pope was last seen wearing a standard issue ADOC uniform.

He is serving an 18-month sentence for breaking and entering a motor vehicle, according to authorities.

Central Alabama CrimeStoppers is offering a cash reward for information that leads to his current whereabouts and arrest. If you have any information, call (334) 215-STOP. You can remain anonymous.