Bastrop, Tx–After a five-day search, a Bastrop County jail inmate who escaped from a road work detail Aug. 10 was returned to the local jail early Saturday, Aug. 15.
Ross Brandon Brekhus, 24, was arrested Friday afternoon by Bastrop authorities in Texarkana where he has family, according to a statement issued today by the Bastrop County Sheriff’s Department. By 12:30 a.m. Saturday Brekhus was back in the Bastrop jail.
The inmate escaped while being held on a charge of auto theft. He apparently vanished near the intersection of FM 535 and Jeddo Road in the Rosanky area. Before midnight that evening, investigators also believe he stole a pickup in the area and fled to other parts of the state.
Today’s press announcement said Brekhus now faces a seccond charge of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle plus escape from confinement, a third degree felony offense. Bail on the new charges is set at $60,000.