$70K in reward money distributed after Arizona prison escapees captured
By Associated Press
Reward money paid in Florence inmate escape
COOLIDGE, Ariz. (AP) - Federal authorities have paid a reward to a Casa Grande resident and a family in Coolidge for their help in locating two Arizona prison inmates who escaped from a state prison in January.
John Charpiot and David Harmon escaped from the medium security unit at Arizona State Prison Complex-Florence on Jan. 23 after breaking into a tool room and stealing tools to cut through the outside fence, The Casa Grande Dispatch reported. Authorities had offered a $70,000 reward for information that would lead to their capture $35,000 for each inmate.
2 inmates who escaped from Arizona prison on Jan. 23 captured in Coolidge
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The two fugitives were found in the town of Coolidge.
COOLIDGE, Ariz. - Two inmates who
Coolidge police say John Charpiot and David Harmon were arrested on Jan. 28 after receiving several calls from residents who reported seeing the pair.
On the afternoon of Jan. 28, authorities released body camera video related to the two escapees arrest. In the video, the officer and deputy marshals were closing in on the fugitives, who were not listening to commands. Eventually, authorities used stun devices on the two.
Harmon, in the video, was seen trying to take the stun device s prongs off of his person before he was tackled to the ground.