Monday, February 15, 2010
Prison Escapee Captured
KENTUCKY...
The search was on Sunday for 36 year old Robert Leon Hornback after Kentucky State Police say he escaped from the Western Kentucky Correctional Complex near Eddyville. Hornback was serving a 17 year sentence after being convicted for robbery and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was discovered missing by prison workers around 8:15 P.M. Saturday night. Sunday night, he was apprehended by local law enforcement authorities in Fredonia, Ky. at 9:47 P.M. about 10 miles from the prison facility. He is now charged with second degree escape.
The search was on Sunday for 36 year old Robert Leon Hornback after Kentucky State Police say he escaped from the Western Kentucky Correctional Complex near Eddyville. Hornback was serving a 17 year sentence after being convicted for robbery and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was discovered missing by prison workers around 8:15 P.M. Saturday night. Sunday night, he was apprehended by local law enforcement authorities in Fredonia, Ky. at 9:47 P.M. about 10 miles from the prison facility. He is now charged with second degree escape.
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