PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A man wanted for escaping an Oklahoma prison has been captured in Providence, according to Rhode Island State Police.
Logan Palmer, 41, escaped from the Jackie Brannon Correctional Facility in McAlester, Oklahoma, on July 22, police said. Surveillance footage allegedly showed him running away from the facility wearing a tan inmate uniform.
The Oklahoma Department of Corrections and the U.S. Marshals Service reportedly asked troopers in Rhode Island for help locating Palmer earlier this summer.
He was initially convicted for lewd acts involving a child and is classified as a sexually violent predator…