 A plate county detention center inmate is back behind bars after escaping from a transportation van Wednesday morning. Jailer Freddie Lewis says 22-year-old Nicholas Shook saw the chance to escape during a stop on their way to a work release detail. When Darren went into the store to buy the bag of ice, he noticed as he looked out the door his van door had opened. That's when Shook saw an opportunity he couldn't resist, a black Ford F-250 parked next to the van. He was a construction worker and he had stopped there to get him something to eat, but he messed up and left a key in his truck, so the inmate jumps out, jumps in the truck and takes off. Shook was located soon after, and following a short pursuit by Pikeville police officers in the Kentucky State Police, he was stopped at Long Fork of Vergey and taken into custody. Lewis says he's thankful Shook was stopped so quickly because it appears he had plans to leave Pike County. We did record the phone conversations and burn him onto a CD where he was talking to his girlfriend. Y'all gas up the vehicle, we're going south. Why? I'm god, I'm ready to go. Anywhere but here, we go to the beach wherever. He had this plan. Shook was nearing the end of his original sentence with less than a year left to serve, but Wednesday's escape added three new charges against him. Theft bone awful taking, $10,000 or more, fleeing any vagueness, also an escape second, so all three are felonies. Nicholas Shook is now looking at an additional 10 to 15 years behind bars. Reporting in Pikeville for EKB News, I'm Shannon Deskins.