Escapee back in Oktibbeha County Jail
The man who escaped from the Oktibbeha County Jail is extradited to Starkville
William Strohm
Source: Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Office
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – The man who escaped from the Oktibbeha County Jail is back in Starkville.
William Strohm was extradited from Memphis.
Investigators say he walked away from the jail on December 3rd.
Strohm was caught by the U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force in his hometown of Memphis on Christmas Eve.
Strohm was serving a year sentence after being revoked on a previous Burglary charge.
He was a trusty working on the kitchen crew at the time of his escape.
Sheriff Shank Phelps says it took several law enforcement agencies working together to make the arrest.
It’s a plan of action he plans to keep in place while in office.
“When you work together, it makes everything so much easier, and I love a good working relationship. And I know the chief of police for Starkville and the chief at MSU. Matter of fact we came up the ranks at the same time. So there’s no problem with us working together, and that’s what I look forward to doing.”
Strohm is scheduled to make a court appearance January 9th.
