Livingston escapee captured

• Advocate Florida parishes bureau
• Published: Jun 22, 2009 - UPDATED: 7:22 p.m.

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7:22 p.m.

LIVINGSTON -- A Denham Springs-area man who escaped from the Livingston Parish Detention Center about 3:30 p.m. today was captured about 7 p.m., deputies said.

About 100 sheriff’s deputies and officers from several law enforcement agencies had Jared Wayne Fedric, 31, surrounded in a wooded area south and west of the jail, deputies said.

Fedric slipped out due an apparent problem with the new facility and not due to any breakdown by jail personnel, said Perry Rushing, sheriff’s chief of operations.

Deputies had set up a perimeter and were tracking Fedric with dogs and a helicopter before he was captured.

6:38 p.m.

LIVINGSTON – Livingston Parish sheriff’s deputies are warning the public to be on the look out for a Denham Springs-area man who escaped from the Livingston Parish Detention Center about 3:30 p.m. today.

Jared Wayne Fedric, 31, is believed to be in a wooded area south and west of the jail, but north of Interstate 12 and near the town of Livingston, deputies said in a statement.

Fedric is a white man, 5-feet, 10-inches tall, 165-pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.

Deputies have set up a perimeter around the wooded area and are tracking Fedric with dogs and a helicopter, Perry Rushing, sheriff’s chief of operations, said this evening.

Fedric was being booked into jail for a probation and parole hold on a drug count when he escaped, Rushing said.

Call 911 if you have information. Fedric is not believed to be armed, Rushing said.