Escapee Philbert Wright has been found and detained

GREENE CO. – Philbert Wright has been located and detained, according to the Greene County Sheriff’s Department.

The Greene County Sheriff’s Department requested the public’s help after Wright just before 6:30 a.m. Monday left the Greene Community Corrections Program’s Residential Work Release Facility via the fire exit in the men’s dorm while wearing a GPS bracelet.

The tracking device was later found just north of the facility in a grassy area.

Philbert Wright

Wright was considered armed and dangerous.