Escapee recaptured in Benewah County

ST. MARIES - The Benewah County Sheriff's Office reports a Department of Correction inmate who escaped from the county jail early Tuesday morning is back in custody, less than 24 hours after his escape.

Jesse John Wilkenson, also known as Jesse Brebner, was recaptured without incident at 6:30 on Tuesday night about 3 miles outside of St. Maries, according to sheriffs office.

Benewah County deputies, St. Maries and Plummer city police officers and Coeur d'Alene Tribe officers were all involved in the arrest on Highway 5.

According to a Benewah County deputy, Wilkenson is now locked down in a maximum security cell in the facility.

Wilkenson was serving a sentence for a burglary conviction, but was in the jail awaiting charges associated with a July escape.

If convicted of the latest escape, Wilkenson faces the possibility of an additional five-year prison sentence.