Overnight news broke that a Chattooga County woman was abducted in the area of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church located just off Highway 27 going towards Taylors Ridge out of Summerville.

Early reports indicate that the woman was abducted by escaped inmate Johnny Mack Brown and taken to Northeast Georgia.  According to the information we have at this time, Brown broke into a residence and held the woman at knife point, demanding clean clothes. 

The woman was driven to Northeast Georgia in Franklin County where she was released.  Chattooga County Deputies travelled to the Carnesvlle area off of I-85 where they picked up the woman at a gas station.

Details of the other escaped inmate, Michael Tweedel’s involvement are unclear at this time.