Work release escapee arrested in Buford

A Hall County inmate who walked away from a work release detail on Dec. 22, 2022, is back in custody.

On Friday afternoon, January 20, deputies with the Hall County Sheriff’s Office Warrants Service Unit located Cedric Demitri Rogers, 45, of Flowery Branch, at an abandoned house on Talley Lane off Thompson Mill Road.

Rogers was taken into custody without incident around 2:30 p.m.

At the time of Rogers’ escape last month, he was on assignment at the Hall County Animal Shelter on Barber Road. He removed his ankle monitor at a nearby location and was able to avoid capture until today.

Rogers was arrested on felony warrants for escape and interference with government property.