Prison Captain Charged in Parchman Inmate Escape Plot

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PARCHMAN, Miss.–Gregory Trigg had help in his escape from Pachman last week, says the Sunflower County Sheriff’s Dept.
Prison Captain Jessie Tyler sits in a cell in Sunflower County on charges that he took a bribe to leave Trigg’s cell open.
Trigg was able to get out and get to a nearby car where a female accomplice was waiting. Trigg ended up in Tulsa, where he was captured.
Tyler now faces charges of aiding an escape.