(CNN) An inmate who escaped from a Georgia sheriff's office through the ceiling has been caught in Alabama, officials said. Gregory Keith Wyatt went through a light into the ceiling, worked his way into a pipe chase and escaped Monday night, the Haralson County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook postInvestigators working with the Talledega County Sheriff's Office in Alabama searched a rural area in the Alabama county throughout the day, the sheriff's office said in a Facebook post Tuesday evening. Wyatt barricaded himself in a house, but was taken into custody by the Talledega County Sheriff's Office after a short standoff, investigators said. Wyatt was wanted by Talledega County on unrelated charges.

Source: CNN February 12, 2020 04:30 UTC