Fugitive returning from Crawford County recaptured
Posted: September 30, 2009 at 8:16 a.m.
Arkansas State Police captured a state prisoner who authorities said jumped out of a moving inmate transport van in Jackson County two weeks ago. William F. McCoy, 46, escaped out an open window Sept. 15 when the van transporting him and 12 other state prisoners between Newport and Brickeys slowed in heavy rain, said Ron Brown, chief deputy for the Crawford County sheriff's office.
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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 13, 18 on 09/30/2009
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