(Radio Iowa) – An inmate from the Webster County Jail in Fort Dodge enjoyed a short taste of freedom this weekend after escaping Saturday and being caught Sunday. Forty-three-year-old Jordan Mefferd of Fort Dodge escaped the jail by propping open a third-story exit door to the jail late Saturday night and using sheeting to climb down the alley. The car Mefferd was driving was later found in Otho and a chase was then pursued back to Fort Dodge.

Police used stop sticks which then deflated one of the tires to the car. Police then arrested Mefferd and a passenger 27-year-old Destiny Sumpter. Mefferd was charged with felony eluding and felony escape while Sumpter was charged with violation of probation and aiding and abetting felony escape.