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Manhunt ends after Tennessee prisoner is found in North Nashville
Gregory Redden, 63, was taken back into custody hours after escaping from Nashville General Hospital while being treated under state supervision. Police located him near Dr. D.B. Todd Jr. Boulevard and Jefferson Street.
A 63-year-old Tennessee prisoner who escaped from Nashville General Hospital on Oct. 21 was back in custody that evening after police found him near Dr. D.B. Todd Jr. Boulevard and Jefferson Street, Metro Nashville police said.
Gregory Redden was in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Correction and receiving treatment at the hospital when he escaped at about 2 p.m. Police said he had gotten out of his handcuffs and leg restraints. Metro police assisted in the search.
Redden was serving a sentence stemming from a 2010 aggravated robbery conviction. Authorities had described him as a bald, white man, 5 feet 5 inches tall, last seen wearing a white T-shirt, scrub pants and tennis shoes.
Police announced his return to custody at about 8 p.m. No further details about how he was located or whether anyone was injured were provided.