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Inmate Escapes Cabell County Courthouse

CABELL COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) — An inmate escaped from the Cabell County Courthouse Thursday through a window.

Cabell County Sheriff Chuck Zerkle tells WSAZ the inmate got away around 1:30 p.m. and was captured a short time later.

Jeremy Huntington was originally facing a grand larceny charge. He is now charged with escape as well.

Sheriff Zerkle says Huntington jumped from a second-story window. The inmate jumped onto a porch roof and then to the ground.

The sheriff says nobody was hurt as a result of the escape.