Overview
- Police identified the escapee as Jawan McKnight, who ran from a transport vehicle outside the Nelson County Correctional Center before intake.
- Officials said he fled on foot from a Spencer County transport unit that was bringing him to Nelson County on active warrants.
- Bardstown Police said McKnight is wanted on charges that include trafficking meth and other trafficking offenses.
- The sheriff's office believes he is on foot near the jail, Bardstown High School, and the Maple Hill area, and officers from multiple agencies are searching.
- Nelson County officials said he was never in their custody or on a county-run transport, and authorities asked residents to call 911 rather than approach him.