A Shelby County inmate's bid for freedom lasted all of twenty minutes before he was nabbed by Alabama Sheriff Chris Curry and a court security officer. Deputies say it happened last week when Rex McGovern Edmonds escaped from the custody of a transport officer at the Shelby County Courthouse.
Edmond's escape occurred while he being escorted with other inmates from a restroom to a courtroom for a judicial hearing. Authorities said it appeared that Edmonds was able to slip out his restraints and then run from the Courthouse to the 100-block of Carter Lane in Columbiana where he captured.
No one was hurt during the incident. Edmonds was being held on three counts of fraudulent use of a credit card. He now faces an escape charge.