Convicts Charles Walker and Joseph Jenkins, Released on Fraudulent Documents in Florida, Captured at Coconut Grove Motor Inn, Panama City

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement, along with the U.S. Marshall's Service arrested escaped inmates Charles Walker and Joseph Jenkins, both 34, at Coconut Grove Motor Inn at 9725 Front Beach Road, Panama City around 6:40 p.m. on October 19, 2013 without incident. Both escaped from Franklin Correctional Institution -- one in September, and one in October [...]

About 20 members of the law enforcement task force assigned to capture the prisoners surrounded the Coconut Grove Motor Inn motel room, instructing Jenkins and Walker via loud speaker to come out. About a minute later, both men exited the room with their hands in the air  [...]

Within days of walking out of Franklin Correctional Institution with bogus paperwork, Walker and Jenkins — each serving a life term for murder — traveled about 300 miles to a jail in Orlando, Florida and registered as felons. They signed paperwork and were fingerprinted and even photographed before walking out of the jail without raising any alarms [...]


Two convicted killers who were freed from a Florida prison by phony documents are back in custody. Authorities say they were arrested together Saturday night at a Panama City, Florida, motel.

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For Immediate Release

October 19, 2013

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement, along with the U.S. Marshall's Service arrested escaped inmates Charles Walker and Joseph Jenkins, both 34. The fugitives were found at Coconut Grove Motor Inn, 9725 Front Beach Road, Panama City around 6:40 EST p.m. and apprehended without incident.

Inmate Charles Walker, 34, was serving life without the possibility of parole on a 2nd degree murder conviction from Orange County. He escaped from Franklin Correctional Institution on October 8, 2013 after the Department of Corrections received fraudulent release documents from the Clerk of Court.

Inmate Joseph Jenkins, 34, was serving a life without the possibility of parole on a 1st degree murder conviction from Orange County. He escaped from Franklin Correctional Institution on September 27, 2013 after the Department of Corrections received fraudulent release documents from the Clerk of Court.

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