March 16, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
A state prisoner originally from DeKalb County who escaped Wednesday after walking away from a work detail at the landfill in Clay County is back in custody.
Jackson County authorities announced that 30 year old Travis Eric Patterson is back behind bars. He is being housed in the Jackson County Jail.
Patterson is due to appear in DeKalb County Criminal Court on April 8 to be arraigned after being named in grand jury indictments last November stemming from a drug raid on his Toad Road home on June 20, 2018.
He has been serving the balance of a four year prison sentence in a previous drug case after violating his probation.
Patterson is under indictment for the June offenses which include possession of marijuana (6 ounces) for resale, possession of a schedule II drug (15 grams of methamphetamine), simple possession of a schedule IV drug (xanax), and possession of a firearm by a felon (6 counts- six weapons).