WESTMINSTER, S.C. - A Hall County inmate who escaped from a work-release program was taken into custody Monday after leading authorities on a high-speed chase across state lines that ended in a fiery crash and arrest in South Carolina.

What we know:

According to the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia, the incident began around 3:44 p.m. on June 2, when a K-9 unit deputy attempted to stop a black motorcycle suspected of being stolen. Law enforcement had received information identifying the driver as 39-year-old Daniel Jesse Bell of Braselton, who had fled from his work-release assignment earlier that afternoon after cutting off his ankle monitor.

When the deputy activated emergency lights on Highway 123, Bell fled at a high rate of speed, initiating a pursuit that continued in

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