State prison escapee recaptured in Tulsa
BY Associated Press
Friday, February 15, 2013
2/15/13 at 1:05 PM
McALESTER — State prison officials said an escapee from the Jackie Brannon Correctional Center in McAlester has been recaptured in Tulsa.
Chief of Security Rick Caywood told the McAlester News-Capital Friday that 27-year-old Kenneth Hammick II was found and arrested late Thursday afternoon. Caywood said investigators are still trying to determine who gave Hammick a ride to Tulsa — about 90 miles north of McAlester.
Caywood said Hammick disappeared Thursday sometime between the 6:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. head count of inmates. Details of how he's believed to have escaped have not been released.
The Department of Corrections Web site shows Hammick was serving a four-year sentence for a 2011 drug conviction in Cherokee County. He now faces a felony escape charge in Pittsburg County.
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27-year-old Kenneth Hammick II
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