McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - State prison officials say
an escapee from the Jackie Brannon Correctional Center in McAlester has
been recaptured in Tulsa.
Chief of Security Rick Caywood said Friday that 27-year-old Kenneth Hammick II was found and arrested
late Thursday afternoon. Caywood says investigators are still trying to
determine who gave Hammick a ride to Tulsa - about 90 miles north of
McAlester.
Caywood says Hammick disappeared Thursday sometime
between the 6:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. head count of inmates. Details of
how he's believed to have escaped have not been released.
The Department of Corrections Web site shows
Hammick was serving a 4-year sentence for a 2011 drug conviction in
Cherokee County. He now faces a felony escape charge in Pittsburg
County.
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