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Fairfield stand-off over with suspect in custody

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  • Friday, May 17 2013 11:17 PM EDT2013-05-18 03:17:33 GMT
    An inmate is on the loose in Etowah County.  The Sheriff's department says an inmate kitchen worker escaped the Etowah County Detention Center (ECDC) Friday morning.  Justin Wade Hopkins, 30, escaped from
    The Etowah County Sheriff's Office says an inmate kitchen worker escaped the Etowah County Detention Center Friday morning. 
FAIRFIELD - AL -

UPDATE: The stand-off at a Fairfield home has ended.  Suspect was taken into police custody and transported to a local hospital.  No injuries were reported.  It is unknown what charges the suspect may face. 

The armed stand-off happened at a house behind the Papa Johns off Aaron Aronov Drive in Fairfield just after 10 this morning. 

We will have more on this story coming up in our broadcasts.