Man convicted of rape escapes from prison work crew

Paige Eichkorn, Fort Smith Times Record
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A man convicted of rape escaped from a work crew Friday, Aug. 12, authorities report.

Samuel Hartman, an inmate at the East Arkansas Regional Unit, Brickys Prison, escaped while on assignment with the field maintenance crew located on State Highway 79.

On Friday, Aug. 12, Samuel Hartman, an inmate at the East Arkansas Regional Unit, Brickys Prison, escaped from while on assignment with the field maintenance crew located on State Highway 79.
On Friday, Aug. 12, Samuel Hartman, an inmate at the East Arkansas Regional Unit, Brickys Prison, escaped from while on assignment with the field maintenance crew located on State Highway 79.

Hartman is serving a life sentence for rape in Franklin County and has been in Arkansas Division of Correction custody since December 2, 2013.

Court records state Hartman took a plea deal and was convicted of rape at the age of 26 in Franklin County on November 27, 2013. He appealed his conviction to the state's Supreme Court but was denied.

According to the Arkansas Department of Corrections, Hartman has a history of "major guilty disciplinary violations" including possession of contraband, battery and sexual activity.

He uses the alias Samual Paul Heartman and his last known address is on Persimmon Point road in Magazine, Arkansas, authorities report.

Anyone with information on Hartman's whereabouts can call 911.

This article originally appeared on Fort Smith Times Record: Inmate escaped on assignment with a maintenance crew off highway 79