IT WAS A BRIEF TASTE OF FREEDOM FOR A JOHNSON COUNTY INMATE. 48 YEAR OLD ROBERT RANDAL DELUCA SPENT THREE WEEKS ON THE LAM AFTER ESCAPING FROM THE JAIL ON OCTOBER 13TH BY JUMPING OVER A FENCE. JOHNSON COUNTY AUTHORITIES SPOTTED DELUCA LAST NIGHT AROUND MIDNIGHT IN THE TRADE COMMUNITY. POLICE CHASED DELUCA INTO WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE HE DITCHED HIS VEHICLE, LATER, THE ESCAPPEE FLAGGED DOWN WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE A UNMARKED PATROL CAR. DELUCA WAS ORIGINALLY CHARGED FACING NUMEROUS CHARGES INCLUDING MAKING METHAMPHETAMINE AND ASSAULTING A POLICE OFFICER.