FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 27, 2005

MEDIA ADVISORY
MICHAEL VAULTON BACK IN CUSTODY

Nashville, Tenn. - A minimum trustee TDOC inmate that walked off from a work release site Thursday evening is back in custody.

Tennessee Department of Correction Internal Affairs agents, with assistance from Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents, apprehended Michael Shane Vaulton without incident Sunday afternoon at approximately 1 p.m.  He was arrested off Gallatin Road in Madison.

He was returned to TDOC custody and is currently being housed at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville.  Agents do not believe Vaulton committed any crimes during his escape and currently faces felony escape charges.

 
Send comments and questions to TDOC's Webmaster.