Jail escapee in custody

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A suspect who escaped earlier from custody at the Clarendon County Detention Center has been apprehended. Sheriff Tim Baxley said that Bobby Childers was caught about 3:45 p.m. Wednesday. Childers allegedly fled the jail earlier in the afternoon while working up front in the facility. He was in the facility based on a bench warrant on simple possession of marijuana. Law enforcement officers with the Manning Police Department and the Clarendon County Sheriff's Office searched for Childers.