Final Whitley jail escapee caught by London police

The second of two men accused of escaping from the Whitley County Jail last week is back behind bars.
London police arrested James Merida, 25, at the Marymount Medical Center in London on March 31, according to an official at the London Police Department, but few other details are known about the arrest.
A jail official confirmed Tuesday morning that Merida had since been transferred back to Whitley County.
On March 28, jail officials say Glennis Isaacs and Merida broke out of the jail between 5:30 a.m. and 7 a.m. after they apparently loosened up the screws holding the locking mechanism on a access panel inside their cell block so they could gain access to a work area where plumbing pipes were located. The two then made their way through the access area to another access area, and a hole cut in the ceiling by three other inmates, who broke out of the jail in late December.
Whitley County Sheriff Lawrence Hodge said Isaacs was captured on Smith Bend near Ky. 92E about 10 a.m. the same day he escaped after deputies received a tip about his possible location.
Police found Isaacs hiding in a closest under a pile of clothes, Hodge added.
Law enforcement officials presented evidence concerning the escape to the Whitley County Grand Jury, which met Thursday, according to the commonwealth attorney’s office.
The grand jury is expected to issue its report next week, and both men could be indicted for second-degree escape, which is a class ‘D’ felony punishable by up to five years in prison.
At the time of the escape, Isaac was in jail being held on a manufacturing methamphetamine charge, and Merida was a Knox County prisoner, who was being held on a burglary charge.