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By WHAV Staff | (File photograph.) A 20-year-old man who escaped from a Lawrence pre-release center was recaptured Tuesday after stealing a car and driving through Haverhill and Plaistow and Sandown, N.H. Essex County Sheriff’s Department said Joshua Morley walked away from the Essex County Pre-Release and Re-Entry Center early Tuesday morning and allegedly stole a car from a nearby dealership. The car was later located in Haverhill and pursued by police into Sandown, N.H., where it was stopped. Morley was arrested last July after allegedly elbowing a police officer in the face and threatening him and a detective with a knife when they tried to arrest him for car theft. He was charged with assault and battery on a police officer, assault with a dangerous weapon, carrying a dangerous weapon, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, receiving a stolen vehicle and driving with a suspended license. ....