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Escapee captured, faces additional charges
Spencer Wright Popwell
Spencer Wright Popwell
After eluding law enforcement overnight, a Bulloch County Correctional Institute escapee was captured early Tuesday morning in the vicinity of where he crashed a stolen truck after he escaped from a work detail Monday. Spencer Wright Popwell, 51, of Glynn County, had less than two years to serve for a March 17, 2022 conviction of fleeing and eluding police. He was also previously convicted of various theft, burglary, illegal possession of firearms, and drug possession, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections website (dcor.state.ga.us).
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