"Texarkana" Man Gets 2 years for 1 Block Escape from Jail

Man gets 2 years for 1-block escape TEXARKANA Region— A man who walked away from the recreation yard at the Southwest Arkansas Community Correction Center and was captured less than a block away has been sentenced to serve two more years in jail. James Reid, 37, was serving a two-year sentence when he walked away in July, officials said. He pleaded guilty Thursday to an escape charge. “Mr. Reid, here’s the sad question,” Miller County Circuit Judge Jim Hudson said. “How much time did you have left on your sentence when you escaped ?” Reid, who stood with his defense attorney, Jason Mitchell, told Hudson he had seven months left to serve when he escaped. Hudson sentenced him to two years in prison following the completion of his original sentence. Rhonda Sharp, spokesman for the Department of Community Correction, said Friday that Reid was serving two years for a drug conviction. He was being held in the Miller County jail Friday morning.

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