Trying to make a run for it only accumulated a DeKalb County man more charges.

James Ricky Ashford, Jr, 41, escaped from custody after appearing in General Sessions Court Thursday morning.

According to Chief Deputy Robert Patrick, Ashford was placed in custody during court Thursday morning due to multiple outstanding warrants against him for violation of probation.

“Ashford was handcuffed and escorted across the street along with other inmates from the court house to the Sheriff’s Department when he bolted from a court officer and the correction staff and ran toward North Mountain Street near central dispatch before getting into an early 2000’s model blue Chevrolet pickup truck and fleeing the area. The incident occurred at 10:16 a.m.,” said Chief Deputy Patrick.

Acting on a tip, detectives of the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department found Ashford inside a shed by a residence on McMinnville Highway, only hours after he made his getaway. Ashford was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Sheriff’s Department where he has been charged with escape.

Ashford pick up charges of escape, driving on suspended license and theft of property.