Fugitive Now in Custody

NASHVILLE – The fugitive who was added to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Top Ten Most Wanted list on Friday is now in custody.

Johnathon Shaquille Genes of Hardeman County was apprehended at a residence in Jackson on Sunday, with the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Service Gulf Coast Regional Task Force and a K-9 unit with the Jackson Police Department. He was taken into custody without incident.

Johnathon Genes was wanted by the Hardeman County Sheriff’s Department for Attempted First Degree Murder, Especially Aggravated Robbery, Aggravated Assault, and Employing a Firearm during the Commission of a Dangerous Felony.