One Mississippi escaped inmate arrested in Dallas

ALBA – One of the escaped inmates from Mississippi is currently incarcerated in the Dallas County Jail, according to the Wood County Sheriff’s Office. Tyler Payne was arrested in the Dallas area in the early hours of Tuesday, January 10th. The other fugitive, Traverro McElroy, has yet to be located but is not believed to be in the Wood County area.

A white Chevy van linked to at least one escaped inmate from Mississippi was found in a lake near Alba in Wood County on Monday, December 26. According to our news partner KETK, the Hinds County Sheriff’s Office says two detainees, Traverro McElroy, 36, and Tyler Charles Payne, 31, escaped from Raymond Detention Center in Mississippi on Sunday. Officials said a church near the detention center had their 2005 white Chevy van stolen and they believed its alleged theft to be connected to the escapees. Authorities said a witness reported seeing a white man pushing the van into the water. The van was later removed from the water and authorities confirmed it be the same one stolen from the church. Criminal and administrative investigations are ongoing.