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TBI continuing search for escaped inmate from Fentress County

Charles Kenney escaped the Fentress County Jail on Monday, July 19.

FENTRESS COUNTY, Tenn. — The Fentress County Sheriff's Department was asking Fentress County and people in surrounding counties to be on the lookout for a 2016 Dodge Ram truck after it was stolen from the Darrow Ridge area sometime between last night and this morning in mid-July.

Halfway into September, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is still looking for an escaped inmate — Charles Kennedy. They said he is wanted for felony escape, evading and theft of a vehicle. There is a $2,500 reward for information leading to his arrest, officials said.

According to FSCD, the truck Kennedy might have stolen has four doors, is silver in color and has a front license plate that says, "Ridgetop Acres." 

The truck has chrome wheels, dark tinted windows, a grill guard and should have the Tennessee tag: CSP359.

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The FSCD said it is "not sure who stole the vehicle" but because of the location that the theft occurred it is "considering it to be a possibility that [the truck] was stolen by Charles Kennedy." 

Charles Kennedy and Casey Ridenour escaped Fentress County Jail on Monday, July 19. Ridenour was captured later that morning. 

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If you see this vehicle, call 911. If you have any information on the whereabouts of this vehicle, please call the Fentress County Sheriff's Department at 931-879-8142. 

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