FOUND: Man found after escaping Jefferson County Jail Friday night
Beaumont Police and the Jefferson County Sheriff's office set up a perimeter near Magnolia Street and I-10 while deputies and officers search yards and alleys.
Author: Eleanor Skelton, Kierra Sam (12News)
Published: 9:24 PM CST January 22, 2021
Updated: 6:28 PM CST January 23, 2021
BEAUMONT, Texas — A man escaped from the Jefferson County Jail Friday night, and sheriff's deputies found him hours later.
Robert Orlando Lake, 39, of Beaumont, escaped from the Jefferson County Correctional Facility at 5:45 p.m. Friday, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post.
Lake was found at 12:30 a.m. Saturday morning Jan. 23 near Tyler Street and Cleveland Avenue in Beaumont.