ST MARY, Jamaica – The St Mary police are reporting that another of the seven inmates who escaped lock-up at the Oracabessa Police Station in St Mary in December last year has been recaptured.

He is 22-year-old Phillip Williams otherwise called ‘Boe’ of Belfield, St Mary who was charged with shooting with intent.

Acting head of the St Mary police Deputy Superintendent Kevin Francis said that Williams was captured in a coordinated operation following information coming through several channels.

“The St Mary police can confirm that one Phillip Williams who escaped custody from the Oracabessa police lock-up in December of last year is now in custody. The police have coordinated operations and based on information coming through several channels to include the citizenry we want to inform the public that Phillip Williams is now in custody,” he said.

Williams is the fifth prisoner to be recaptured by the lawmen.

It follows the recapture of Lashawn Davidson, 26, also known as ‘Yeng’ from Jacks River in the parish who was recaptured in the St Andrew North Police Division; Trey Walker, 24, from Claremont in St Ann, who was returned to the St Mary police after being in custody in Linstead, St Catherine; 22-year-old Linton Bailey, who was apprehended by cops in an early morning operation in Wilderness, St Mary and Jahmala Vernon, age 25, a labourer from Boscobel View, Boscobel, in the parish who was handed over to the St Ann’s Bay police by a relative.

In the meantime, DSP Francis is calling on the other two escapees to turn themselves in to the police.

They are: 21-year-old Nolando Aikenson of Pimento Walk, St Ann and 28-year-old Gaveen Hurd of Stony Hill, St Andrew and Enfield, St Mary who were charged with murder.