Missouri fugitive arrested by US marshals in Kentucky

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(AP) – A Missouri inmate who authorities say overpowered a guard
and stole a transport van after being sentenced to 20 years in prison has been
captured in Lexington, Kentucky.

Sheriff James Sigman of Missouri’s Texas County tells KWPM Radio that federal
marshals arrested 33-year-old Christopher Hunt on Wednesday.

Authorities have said Hunt escaped June 26 from a Texas County van shortly
after being sentenced in Phelps County for two counts of tampering with a motor
vehicle. . The unarmed guard was the only person aboard and wasn’t hurt.

Hunt’s jail uniform was found in an abandoned Phelps County home near where
the van was ditched.

Hunt is charged in Missouri with felony escape or attempted escape from
custody with a deadly weapon, dangerous instrument, or by holding a hostage.


   

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