Knoxville Police Department has reported a prisoner who had escaped from police custody Wednesday morning has been recaptured.
At approximately 5:53 a.m., Kristi L. Hensley, 35, was being transported to the Knox County Detention Facility when she complained of being sick, according to officers.
The officer rolled down the rear window of the cruiser about two inches, and Hensley was able to open the car door from the outside, police say.
The incident happened at the corner of Washington Pike and Maloneyville Road.
Police say she then jumped out of the moving vehicle and fled eastbound on Washington Pike.
At 8:26 a.m., the Knox County Sheriff's Department received a call about a suspicious person on Bud McMillian Road.
Hensley was taken back into custody without incident.
She had been arrested for public intoxication and criminal impersonation.
She will now be charged with felony fleeing.
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