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UPDATE: Jeffers is back in custody as of 10:40 a.m. The man who escaped from the Potter County Jail Tuesday afternoon was spotted this morning in Ulysses. 18-year-old Andrew Jeffers was seen at 5:15 a.m. in the woods off Empson Road. Police say he was wearing a blue shirt with jeans and a dark-colored hoodie. He is 5 feet, 6 inches tall with brown hair and a light brown beard. Jeffers escaped from the jail at about 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. He was sent to jail on burglary and theft charges. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

Police are looking for a man who escaped from the Potter County Jail this afternoon. 18-year-old Andrew Schuyler Jeffers of Ulysses escaped at around 1 p.m. and was last seen heading north through the woods near the Coudersport Consistory. He was last seen wearing his yellow jail uniform. Jeffers is about 5 feet, 6 inches tall with brown hair and a light brown beard. He was sent to jail on more than a dozen felony charges related to burglaries and thefts last month in the Ulysses area. Jeffers is accused of stealing three dirt bikes from different homes, diesel fuel, gasoline and a motocross helmet. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947