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Escaped inmates recaptured

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LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB) -- Both inmates who escaped from a Kentucky jail are back behind bars. 

Around 11:30 Sunday night, police caught Christopher Melton in Lancaster, Kentucky.  Garrard County Sheriff Ronnie Wardrop says Tyler Roberts was apprehended Monday morning walking along a road south of Lancaster.

Police say both men walked away from the Blackburn Correctional Complex in Lexington on Dec. 1.  

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