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Escaped Oklahoma inmate back in custody after 'walking away' from prison, officials say

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Escaped Oklahoma inmate back in custody after 'walking away' from prison, officials say

An inmate who had escaped from an Oklahoma prison was back in custody Sunday, officials announced.

Jett Green, 23, had walked away from the Northeast Oklahoma Correctional Center in Vinita at around 9 p.m. Saturday, according to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.

Vinita is about 60 miles northeast of Tulsa.

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State prison officials announced Sunday afternoon that Green had been apprehended. 

State prison officials announced on Sunday afternoon that Green had been apprehended and is back in custody.

The prison agency did not immediately provide information on how Green had been able to escape or how he was later captured.

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Green is serving a two-year sentence for possession of a stolen vehicle out of Tulsa County.

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NB 405 Freeway closed near LAX after pursuit ends in gunfire

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NB 405 Freeway closed near LAX after pursuit ends in gunfire

The northbound 405 Freeway will remain closed for several hours near Los Angeles International Airport after a police pursuit ended with officers opening fire Friday morning. Unconfirmed reports indicated the incident began with a robbery at a 7-Eleven store, which ended with Los Angeles Police Department officers pursuing the suspect in a Kia. The chase […]

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'Top Gun: Maverick' actor identified as victim stabbed to death in Tarzana

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'Top Gun: Maverick' actor identified as victim stabbed to death in Tarzana

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Overnight military training brings loud flash bangs, simulated gunfire to quiet Pasadena neighborhood

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Overnight military training brings loud flash bangs, simulated gunfire to quiet Pasadena neighborhood

A late-night U.S. Military training exercise kept residents in a normally quiet Pasadena neighborhood awake with the sounds of flash bangs and simulated gunfire into the early hours of Thursday. Councilman Rick Cole posted videos of the scene in front of the former Saint Luke’s Hospital on E Washington Blvd, where the training exercise in […]

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