At approximately 9:20 p.m., escaped inmate Christian Joel-Marcos Cortez was taken into custody by the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office after our Criminal Investigators received information that Cortez may have traveled to a location in Acworth.
A deputy with the Troup County Sheriff’s Office is currently on the way to Cherokee County to take custody of Cortez. The internal investigation is ongoing to determine how Cortez was able to make it out of the jail facility. Cortez was being housed for Child Molestation.
Our appreciation to the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, the LaGrange Police Department, Spalding County Sheriff’s Office, Georgia State Patrol, Georgia Department of Corrections, the Georgia Bureau of Investigations, along with GEMA for their assistance in this case.
