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Inmate Back in Custody After Escape From Work-Release Program

Melvin Foley from the Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page.
Melvin Ray Foley III escaped from custody at 10 a.m. this morning from the work-release program of the  Bourbon County Law Enforcement Center.
He is now back in custody, according to the Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page.
This is the original post from the page:
On 11/15/23 at approximately 1000 hours an inmate, Melvin Ray Foley III escaped from custody. Foley is approximately 5’11” 150lbs with short brown hair and dark-rim glasses. Foley has distinctive tattoos on the left side of his neck, right side of his head, and left arm. Last seen wearing an orange jumpsuit with white undershirt near 23rd and Horton.