Escaped inmate apprehended

By IAN MINIELLY

iminielly@yourdailyglobe.com

IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Daniel Gerald Ferguson, 26, an escapee from the Gogebic County Jail in Bessemer on Monday, was captured Friday afternoon, ending an intensive manhunt.

The sheriff's office released information it received a tip Ferguson was hiding in a residence in the city of Bessemer where he was apprehended without incident Friday around 2 p.m.

Sightings with Ferguson's ex-girlfriend and other possible sightings were described on the Gogebic County Sheriff's Department Facebook page of a man in a black hooded sweatshirt throughout the week, bu...