BUTTS COUNTY, Ga. - A man who fled a traffic stop in Butts County made a critical mistake when he ran onto the grounds of Georgia’s most secure prison — one that houses death row inmates and some of the state’s top tracking dogs.

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What we know:

Michael Brown Jr. was pulled over recently on Interstate 75 by the Butts County Sheriff’s Office Crime Suppression Unit. Deputies said they detected a strong smell of marijuana coming from the vehicle and attempted to detain Brown for a search. Instead, he ran.

"With him fleeing on foot, deputies got in a tussle with him," said Sgt. Hunter Hemphill of the Butts County Sheriff’s Office. "He came out of shirt, ripped his shirt off so he got away."

Brown crossed I-75

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