Cleburne County jail escapee captured
CLEBURNE COUNTY, Ark. – A trusty who walked away from the Cleburne County Detention Center last Thursday was recaptured Wednesday.
Cleburne County Sheriff Chris Brown said in a release that multiple agencies participated in the arrest of 41-year-old Jared West of Tumbling Shoals. Brown said West was taken into custody at 2:35 p.m. off Highway 89 in Faulkner County.
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Also taken into custody on Saturday was 31-year-old Clarissa Stair of Heber Spring, who is facing charges of hindering apprehension and furnishing implement of escape after deputies and others were in a foot and dog chase after West that day. She is being held on $75,000 bond, Brown said.
Brown said the chase went from White County into Independence County.
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West was in jail awaiting trial on charges of first-degree battery, fleeing, tampering and violating a no-contact order. An affidavit for his arrest states he “has been convicted of four or more felonies and should be sentenced as a habitual offender.”
According to the sheriff’s office, West was a jail trusty charged with taking out the trash on the night of April 18. Officials said at the time that he did not return after taking the trash out.
Authorities said several changes to the detention center’s trusty program have been enacted since West’s escape.
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Brown also extended thanks to the agencies that assisted in tracking and capturing West: U.S. Marshals, Arkansas Department of Correction dog teams from Calico Rock and Tucker prisons, Cleburne County Sheriff’s Office, Faulkner County Sheriff’s Office, White County Sheriff’s Office, Independence County Sheriff’s Office and the Arkansas State Police.
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