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ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. - A Florida fugitive on the run from the law for nearly two months was taken into custody on Friday after he was found hiding inside the drum of a home's clothes dryer.

The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office said 31-year-old David Jerome Jackson was wanted on charges of firing a gun into a dwelling, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, damage to property and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, for an incident on March 15, 2024.

On Friday, deputies received a tip that Jackson was inside a house on Edgewater Drive in Pensacola and they were issued a warrant to execute at the residence.

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Deputies executed the search warrant and entered the home to look for Jackson.

David Jerome Jackson, a fugitive on the run for two months, was found hiding in a clothes dryer on Friday in Pensacola, Florida. (Escambia County Sheriff's Office)

After an extensive search, deputies entered the laundry room and discovered Jackson folded up inside a "remarkably small dryer drum," the sheriff’s office said, adding the look on his face was "a combination of guilt, embarrassment, and warm hosiery."

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David Jerome Jackson, a fugitive on the run for two months, was found hiding in a clothes dryer on Friday in Pensacola, Florida. (Escambia County Sheriff's Office)

"He was pulled from the dryer one limb at a time, as he clung to his tumble-ready hideout," the sheriff’s office said. "Outside the dryer, deputies removed three dryer sheets, two mismatched socks, and a crumpled-up tissue from his surprisingly wrinkled Star Wars shirt."

Jackson was arrested and booked into the county jail.