Arkansas state prison escapee is recaptured in Pine Bluff

(AP) – An inmate who escaped an Arkansas Department of
Corrections work release program has been recaptured.Department spokesman Solomon Graves says 39-year-old Joel Lane was arrested
about 2 a.m. Sunday in Pine Bluff after leading both state troopers and
department of correction officials on a foot chase.

Details of the arrest were not immediately released. No injuries are reported.

Graves said Lane left his work release job at a car was in Pine Bluff on
Saturday and did not return.

Lane was serving sentences for convictions on drug possession and weapons
charges.

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