Christopher Gay is an escape artist who has been charged with and served prison time for several crimes, including theft and larceny. Gay is known for his escapes from prison transports and police custody. Gay was most recently charged for stealing a Wal-Mart truck in Tennessee. Gay was found by police in Florida and taken into police custody on March 3, 2009, but managed to escape when police was transporting him from Florida to Tennessee. He was captured again on March 16, 2009.My Fox Atlanta: Little Houdini Arrested in Florida (March 16, 2009)

In March 2009, police was transporting Gay from Florida to Tennessee, where he was wanted for stealing a Wal-Mart truck, when he escaped. Police stopped to get something to eat in a waffle house in Georgia. Gay was wearing handcuffs, leg shackles and a belly chain. When police returned, Gay had escaped out of the restraint and ran away.Atlanta-Journal Constitution: ‘Little Houdini’ escape in Cobb adds to lore (March 5, 2009) He was found in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Florida in a stolen trailer about two weeks later.ABC Action News: Fugitive arrested in Lakeland (March 17, 2009)

Gay escaped from a prison transport van in South Carolina in 2007. Police say he wanted to travel to his sick mother in Tennessee, and he stole several vehicles on his way, including a Wal-Mart truck. When he saw police near his mother's home, he allegedly took off with the tour bus of singer Crystal Gayle. He was eventually found Florida. His mother died a weeks later before he had a chance to see her.ABC Action News: Fugitive arrested in Lakeland (March 17, 2009) My Fox Atlanta: Little Houdini Arrested in Florida (March 16, 2009)