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Colorado prison escapee nabbed in Kansas

Colorado department of correctionsCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A 62-year-old inmate in Colorado drove away from his work crew and was arrested a few hours later in Kansas.

The Department of Corrections says Douglas Beagley was assigned to an outside work crew and was operating a dump truck when he drove off Thursday afternoon.

He was arrested in Johnson City, Kansas. Beagley was serving an 18-year prison sentence for burglary and vandalism.

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