Cocke County Sheriff: Last Christmas Day jail escapee captured

The sixth and final inmate who escaped the Cocke County jail on Christmas Day through a hole in the wall was arrested Wednesday afternoon in Georgia, authorities said.

Around 12:28 p.m., authorities arrested 54-year-old David Frazier in Forsyth County, Ga., according to a news release from the Cocke County Sheriff's Department. Frazier is being held in the Forsyth County jail and will be extradited to Tennessee after a waiver of extradition is signed.

Four other people also face charges of assisting the escapees "in various ways while on the run," according to the release. The release did not give their names.

Frazier and five others escaped the jail in downtown Newport on Sunday by removing a loose toilet and then climbing through the hole in the wall where it once had been, according to a Sunday news release from the Cocke County Sheriff's Department. Sheriff Armando Fontes said Monday that a history of repairs and breaks in the jail's plumbing and water lines contributed to a weakening of the system that allowed the inmates to manipulate rusted out areas and weak concrete to get through the walls.

All of the captured inmates have been charged with felony vandalism and felony jail escape, Fontes said prior to Frazier's arrest.

"I am thankful no one was injured during this incident," Fontes wrote in Wednesday's release, "and I want to reassure the public that our law enforcement agency, as well as every law enforcement agency across the state of Tennessee, will always work relentlessly in pursuing those who commit criminal acts or run from the judicial system."