CONWAY, Ark. – A man on the run after escaping from a federal prison in Missouri last year was captured in central Arkansas this week.
A representative of the U.S. Marshalls Service said Markel Hutton was taken into custody on Monday in Conway. He had escaped from the Bureau of Prisons in St. Louis on Nov. 3, 2023.
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Investigators said U.S. Marshalls from the Eastern District of Missouri and the Eastern Arkansas Fugitive Task Force determined Hutton had fled to central Arkansas. They then located and arrested Hutton without incident.
Hutton had been serving a 51-month sentence for brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime during an August 2019 carjacking.
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Officials said Hutton is awaiting return to the Eastern District of Missouri, where he will face additional charges related to his escape, plus serve the remainder of his term.