We have a brand new updated website! Click here to check it out!

Escaped inmate captured near Kansas City

Anael Castro-Hernandez
Anael Castro-Hernandez

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Pulaski County authorities say an inmate who escaped in Little Rock while being taken to a court hearing has been recaptured.

Sheriff’s Lt. Carl Minden says Anael Castro-Hernandez was captured Tuesday by U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force members from Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas. Minden says a source provided Arkansas authorities with information that Castro-Hernandez was in the Kansas City metro area.

Castro-Hernandez was being taken to the county courthouse for a hearing in August when authorities say he slipped out of his handcuffs and ran away as the jail transport van was being unloaded.

Minden has said Castro-Hernandez was being held on rape charges and was due in court for a hearing regarding his mental state when he escaped.

 

Copyright Eagle Radio | FCC Public Files | EEO Public File