By Mike Perleberg Chris Rolfes was captured Sunday morning, several hours after escaping from the Ripley County Jail in Versailles. Photo by Ripley County Sheriff's Office. (Versailles, Ind.) - Indiana State Police say an inmate who escaped from the Ripley County Jail late Saturday was captured early Sunday morning. Jail inmate Chris Rolfes, 41, fled from the jail in Versailles on foot just before 11:00 p.m. Saturday. Rolfes was not believed to be armed. ISP Sgt. Stephen Wheeles said the he could have been attempting to make his way to the area of Cleves or Miamitown, Ohio. Rolfes was last seen on foot traveling south from the Ripley County Jail, wearing white long sleeve thermal type shirt underneath of a Jail issued orange jumpsuit and jail issued sandals. Immediately following Rolfes' fleeing from the jail, numerous officers assisted in an exhaustive search for Rolfes. The officers and deputies were from the Ripley County Sheriff's Office, state police, and police departments from Milan, Versailles, and Laurel. At about 8:45 Sunday morning, Wheeles tweeted that Rolfes was taken into custody without incident. It is unclear where he was captured. Eagle Country 99.3 will share more details as they are provided.
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