The Jones County Sheriff’s Department received an added bonus Monday as they not only apprehended one of two inmates who escaped from the Jones County Detention Facility on Friday, but also one of the county’s “Most Wanted.”

Edward Grammer, a 46-year-old white male, last known address of 201 Front Street in Ellisville, was caught hiding in a bedroom closet of a residence on Tower Road in Ellisville. He has been returned to the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

Deputies arrested him while investigating the escape of Claude Johnson and Ira Hadley, Jr., both of Laurel, from the Jones County Adult Detention Facility over the weekend.

Johnson, a 33-year-old white male, and Hadley, a 17-year-old black male, jumped the fence of the recreation yard around 2 p.m. Friday, leading deputies on a foot pursuit along Highway 11. At one point, members of the Jones County Sheriff’s Department, Ellisville Police Department and Mississippi Highway Patrol set up a check point along Interstate 59 in Ellisville.

Johnson was captured around 8 a.m. Monday morning in the 4000 block of Indian Springs Road. A press release said that Johnson was apprehended in a wooded area near the residence when he attempted to flee.

By phone, Jones County Sheriff Alex Hodge credited the work of investigators Capt. Don Scott and investigator Rick Walters in the arrest.

“They did a fabulous job of tracking this guy down by working through the system with visits and phone calls,” Hodge said. “During this investigation, we also caught one of Jones County’s Most Wanted.”

Hodge said Johnson does have a prior escape on his record from the same facility, but said it happened before he became sheriff.

“It was several years ago, in 2006 or 2007,” he said.

Johnson was serving time on commercial burglary of Xtreme Outfitter and Pawn & Trade in July when the latest escape happened. Hodge said those charges now include residential burglary for breaking into an unoccupied dwelling and escape, a mandatory sentence which carries a minimum of five years.

Johnson was booked into the Jones County Adult Detention Facility without incident Monday afternoon.

While being escorted from the Jones County Sheriff’s Office, local TV news cameras asked Johnson why he decided to escape from jail.

“I didn’t know how much time I was looking at,” he said. “I thought I was getting 60 years.”

Johnson said he “unfortunately” broke into the house, but noted that he enjoyed his time out from behind bars.

“Every hour in the briar and brambles is better than an hour in jail,” he said, as deputies loaded him into the back of a squad car.