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Reward offered for information on Yazoo County escapee

By Sethanie Smith Mar 27, 2024 | 12:11 PM

YAZOO COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – A reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of a Yazoo County escapee.

Officials said Glen Bassett escaped from the Yazoo County Regional Correctional Facility on March 24 and is still on the run.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts can call 662-746-8477. There is a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to Bassett’s arrest.

Four other inmates have been captured in connection to the escape.

Officials with the Yazoo County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were driving to the jail on March 24 and noticed an inmate running back into the facility inside the fence.

Once the deputies entered the jail, they notified the correctional officers of what they saw. The officers conducted a headcount and discovered that five inmates were missing.

An unidentified inmate was captured on Sunday. Marlon Willis, Marcus Green and Deliuwon Stowers were captured on Monday, according to deputies.