Published: September 12, 2018

AN ALABAMA ESCAPEE FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY JAIL WAS SAVED SATURDAY AFTER BEING FOUND UNRESPONSIVE AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN FLORENCE OFF HELTON DRIVE. ACCORDING TO MEDIA SOURCES, ROBERT LEE BROWN, 26, OF FLORENCE, WAS ADMINISTERED NARCAN BY OFFICERS WITH THE FLORENCE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO WERE FIRST ON SCENE. BROWN WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND LATER RELEASED TO AUTHORITIES AS HE NOW FACES CHARGES OF POSSESSION OF BURGLARY TOOLS. FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFF SHANNON OLIVER ADVISED BROWN ESCAPED FROM THE JAIL THROUGH A FENCE ON SEPTEMBER 1ST AND STOLE A CITY OF RUSSELLVILLE WATER TRUCK THEN DITCHED THE TRUCK IN WAYNE COUNTY, TN. BROWN IS CURRENTLY IN THE LAUDERDALE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.