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Assistant State Attorney Matthew Richardson prosecuted the case
According to the news release, Hunter asked to use the restroom while cleaning up storm debris at a ball park in DeFuniak Springs on Sept. 17, 2020. He then fled from his work detail.
The Walton County Sheriff’s Office and K-9 tracking teams from the Florida Department of Corrections searched for Hunter. After more than 10 hours, a bloodhound named Gypsy located him hiding in a cluster of palmetto bushes near Darby Lane northeast of DeFuniak Springs.
The Walton County Sheriff’s Office stated in September that Hunter s escape might bring changes to the way inmates are chosen for work details.
A man who was arrested in 2019 on multiple counts of drug possession and trafficking has been sentenced, according to a release from the Walton County Sheriff s Office.
Purnell Untonio Jones was sentenced by the Circuit Judge Kelvin Wells to 15 years in prison for trafficking in heroin, possession of oxycodone, possession of drug paraphernalia, two counts of battery on a law enforcement officer and giving a false name.
Jones was arrested as part of a joint investigation between the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office and WCSO.
As part of this investigation, surveillance was conducted on suspected drug traffickers in Okaloosa and Walton Counties. That work resulted in Jones being identified as someone involved in the distribution of narcotics. He was detained by Walton County deputies and investigators outside a rented cabin in Miramar Beach on Oct. 9, 2019, the release said.