PUTNAM COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Putnam County Sheriff's Office helped apprehend two inmates who had escaped from the Morgan County Residential Recovery Court earlier this week.

Putnam County deputies found an abandoned van at Odd Fellows Cemetery near Buffalo Valley Road Tuesday. After checking with the National Crime Information Center, authorities discovered that the vehicle had been reported stolen out of Morgan County.

The vehicle had been registered to the Morgan County Residential Recovery Court. Two inmates, Jeffery Brindly and Robert Syverson, were both held on felony warrants out of Morgan County before being transported to the facility. Officials said they had escaped Monday.

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