Scanlon Is Back Behind Bars After Jail Escape

Scanlon was first taking into custody by Water Valley Police on Friday, Feb. 26.

By David Howell
Editor

WATER VALLEY – Kevin Noel Scanlon is back in custody after being on the run since last Thursday.

Sheriff Lance Humphreys reported that Scanlon escaped from the Yalobusha County Jail late Thursday afternoon and eluded authorities until Tuesday. He was captured by U.S. Marshals in Lafayette County at a friend’s house, according to the sheriff.

Scanlon had been behind bars since Friday, February 26, when he was arrested by the Water Valley Police Department for allegedly running over Dr. Bob Hill, pastor of Faith Christian Church.

Hill sustained serious injuries in the incident, including a break in the tibia bone, just below his knee. He also received multiple stress fractures further down on the tibia bone and pulled ligaments in his knee.

Scanlon was the alleged driver of the three-wheeler that struck Hill, and was charged with aggravated assault.

Humphreys said an investigation revealed that Scanlon hid in a pipe chase, which is a plumbing space,  located between jail cells.

“The door was open because we had been working on the plumbing,” Humphreys explained. “We are constantly working on the plumbing at the facility.”

Humphreys said his deputies spent the day Friday exhausting every possible lead.

“We felt there was a good chance he had left the county, that is why we contacted the Marshals for help.”

Humphreys thanked the Marshals for the quick capture of Scanlon, who is now back in custody at the Yalobusha County Jail.

“We have him in an individual cell and he will be handcuffed anytime he is out of that cell,” Humphreys told the Herald.