1 of 2 escaped inmates found

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — An inmate who escaped from a prison in central Kentucky has been arrested in Ohio.

Media outlets report that Joshua Stephenson was taken into custody Wednesday night in Hamilton, Ohio. Jail records show he is charged there with kidnapping. No further details were available.

Stephenson and inmate Michael Fleet walked away from Blackburn Correctional Complex in Lexington, Kentucky, on Nov. 29. Both men were serving a 13-year sentence on burglary charges.

It wasn’t immediately clear whether Fleet has been found.

 

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