{"id":1250295,"date":"2023-08-09T16:26:56","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T21:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1250295"},"modified":"2023-08-11T04:01:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T09:01:51","slug":"smith-county-inmate-accused-of-escaping-van-sentenced-to-20-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1250295","title":{"rendered":"Smith County inmate accused of escaping van sentenced to 20 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1250296\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/08\/chapelle-mugshot-200x113.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/08\/chapelle-mugshot-200x113.webp 200w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/08\/chapelle-mugshot-550x310.webp 550w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/08\/chapelle-mugshot-175x98.webp 175w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/08\/chapelle-mugshot-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/08\/chapelle-mugshot.webp 876w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>TYLER \u00e2\u20ac\u201c An inmate accused of escaping a transport van in January was found guilty and sentenced in a Smith County court on Wednesday according to our news partners at KETK. According to court records, 42-year-old Timothy Chappelle of Killeen was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being found guilty of escaping while arrested. A widely-circulated video showed a handcuffed man in orange running down Tyler\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Gentry Parkway in early January. Authorities said an inmate kicked out a back window and barricade while a transport van was stopped on Gentry Parkway and Parkdale Drive, then proceeded to run north where he allegedly broke into two houses near Wisteria Drive.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Chappelle initially pleaded not guilty. In addition to his escape charge, he was facing two felony charges of burglary of a habitation which records show are still on the table.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said at the time of his escape, Chappelle was in jail for criminal mischief, a state jail felony that could carry up to two years jail time. He was initially booked in on December 26, 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER \u00e2\u20ac\u201c An inmate accused of escaping a transport van in January was found guilty and sentenced in a Smith County court on Wednesday according to our news partners at KETK. According to court records, 42-year-old Timothy Chappelle of Killeen was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being found guilty of escaping while arrested. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1250295\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Smith County inmate accused of escaping van sentenced to 20 years<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1250299,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/08\/chapelle-mugshot-200x113.webp","fifu_image_alt":"Smith County inmate accused of escaping van sentenced to 20 years","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1250295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-17 03:30:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/08\/chapelle-mugshot-200x113.webp","fifu_image_alt":"Smith County inmate accused of escaping van sentenced to 20 years","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1250295"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1250406,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250295\/revisions\/1250406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1250299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1250295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1250295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1250295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}