Mother says Man on lam for 32 years is ‘good person’

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(AP) – The mother of an Arkansas prison escapee who had been
on the run for more than three decades said she has been in contact with her son
since soon after his escape and that he was visiting her when he was arrested.Steven Dishman, 60, was arrested Sunday at a home in Springdale in northwest
Arkansas by local law enforcement and state troopers, according to the state
Department of Correction.

Shirley Jones told The Associated Press on Monday that her son has been living
in southern Arkansas, but wouldn’t specify where Dishman has been living or for
how long.

Jones said she came into contact with her son about six months after he
escaped from prison. Dishman is not married and has no children, according to
Jones.

Jones said her son has not been in trouble since his escape and that “he’s a
good person,” and “very creative.”

Dishman was serving a seven-year sentence for theft of property and burglary
convictions in Washington County when he escaped from the department’s Benton
Unit in central Arkansas on May 28, 1985.

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