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COOLIDGE, Ariz. Two inmates who were the subject of a manhunt after escaping from an Arizona prison in Florence last weekend were recaptured Thursday in a cotton field in…
Both inmates required medical attention, Coolidge Police Commander Mark Tercero told the Casa Grande Dispatch. In a photo taken after the inmates were captured, one had blood on his face.
Harmon and Charpiot had escaped Saturday from a medium-security unit of the Arizona State Prison Complex in Florence by using tools to breach a fence. Coolidge is 8 miles southwest of Florence.
Authorities are investigating where the prisoners went after escaping and state prison officials are also examining how the escape occurred and how to prevent a similar breach in the future.
Frank Strada, deputy director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, said he wasn t aware of any information showing corrections employees helped the pair escape. No corrections employees have been suspended or fired as a result of the security breach.
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.
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