Investigators: Escaped Tenn. prisoners planned to steal boat, flee country
December 15, 2020 at 4:30 PM EST - Updated December 15 at 4:30 PM
Two men who escaped from a Tennessee prison, kidnapped a Kentucky highway employee and stole a truck that they used to drive to South Florida planned to steal a boat and flee the country, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office.
Robert Brown and Christopher Osteen were
apprehended Sunday in Pompano Beach, two days after they escaped from the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville, Tennessee.
BSO spokesman Carey Codd said the violent felons kidnapped, blindfolded and carjacked a Kentucky highway employee and then kidnapped a second victim, stealing his Chevrolet Silverado and leaving him tied up inside his home for 16 hours.