The Arkansas Department of Corrections reports a man who escaped from the East Arkansas Regional Unit in Brickeys in August 2022 has been recaptured.
The department says Samuel Hartman was arrested this afternoon along with two women who were believed to have been with him at the time of his Aug. 12, 2022, escape from a field maintenance crew assignment. He was serving a life sentence on rape charges out of Franklin County when he escaped from the assignment, firing a weapon at officers. (Click here for more information on his 2022 escape.)
The women arrested with Hartman were identified as Misty Hartman and Linda A. White. Another male, identified as Rodney Trent, was also arrested in the apprehension, which occurred this afternoon in another state by U.S. Marshals and the Arkansas Department of Corrections.
Image: Arkansas Department of Corrections
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