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Coffee County authorities say an escapee captured late Friday night will likely face more criminal charges, including burglary.

Coffee County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy R.W. Whitworth said 35-year-old Jeffrey Scott was captured Friday night, and booked into the Coffee County Jail. Whitworth said Scott will be held without bail because he’s considered an escapee from the state Department of Corrections.

Whitworth said Scott could face more charges pending the completion of the investigation of the circumstances surrounding his capture by law enforcement. Whitworth said Scott was captured at a hunting cabin located on Coffee County Road 141, a dirt road.

Dale County Sheriff’s deputies along with agents with the Alabama Law Enforcement agency assisted in the search for Scott, who had been wanted for a month.

Dale County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Mason Bynum said law enforcement caught Scott around 9 p.m. Friday. He said Scott was found at the hunting cabin after the couple who owned it arrived to check on it Friday evening.

“They held him at gunpoint and they fired off a few rounds because he wasn’t being compliant,” Bynum said. “Then he got on the ground.”