The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office (TPSO) has re-arrested a work release inmate after he walked off a job site Tuesday. Ethan Morse, age 22, was re-booked into the Tangipahoa Parish Jail on one count of Simple Escape. Morse was convicted of Simple Burglary, Resisting Arrest by Flight and Resisting an Officer in August 2024. He was serving a 2-year sentence.
Around 6 a.m. today (October 1, 2024), TPSO was notified that Morse did not check in at the end of his overnight shift. Morse was in a program that allows select Department of Corrections inmates to work jobs with partner businesses outside of the jail. Deputies immediately coordinated with area law enforcement partners to make contact with Morse’s relatives and known associates about their knowledge of his whereabouts. Shortly after making those communications, Morse turned himself in.
Additional arrests are expected in this case.
As a result of this incident, new protocols regarding this program’s operations have been put in place including increasing the check-in requirements for inmates.
“We have said it a few times but our jail and its programs are a work in progress” said Sheriff Gerald Sticker, “There are many beneficial operations and programs in place that just require better oversight and management. We are working to identify those every day and we are grateful this scenario ended quickly and safely in order for us to positively learn from it.”
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