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Badge and Bar: Hall fugitive indicted by grand jury Tuesday
0717James Cantrell
James Cantrell
A man who escaped from custody and led the Hall County Sheriff’s Office and surrounding area authorities on a weeklong manhunt was indicted Tuesday by a Hall County grand jury. After being sentenced to five years in prison in Superior Court just a few weeks ago, James Edward Cantrell faces two new felony charges — escape and theft by taking. He was in State Court July 16 for violation of a temporary protective order, with an original charge of felony battery related to family violence.