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Trent Thompson, a 22-year-old inmate convicted of aggravated robbery and assault, escaped from a West Texas prison this weekend by climbing a fence. Officials captured Thompson in Coleman the next morning, after the captive had traveled 250 miles southeast of the Plainview. prison toward Austin. According to prison officials, Thompson is now charged with misdemeanor escape.
A 22-year-old inmate was captured Sunday about 250 miles from the West Texas jail from which he had escaped hours earlier after climbing a fence, officials said.
Trent Thompson was last seen at 11:14 p.m. Saturday at the Formby Unit in Plainview, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said. He was captured about 11:15 a.m. Sunday in Coleman, southeast of Plainview.
After climbing over a fence at the jail, officials believe Thompson then stole a vehicle, said Criminal Justice Department spokeswoman Amanda Hernandez.
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Trent Thompson, a 22-year-old inmate, was captured Sunday about 250 miles from the West Texas jail he had escaped from hours earlier. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP)
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Thompson was convicted of three counts of aggravated robbery in Taylor County and Coleman County, as well as aggravated assault on a Coleman County official, the Criminal Justice Department said. His projected release date was 2052.
He will now face felony escape charges, prison officials said Sunday.
Last year, a grandfather and his four grandsons — whose ages ranged from 11 to 18 — were murdered on their farm in Central Texas by a convicted murderer who had escaped from a prison transport bus. The inmate, Gonzalo Lopez, killed the family about three weeks after his escape. He then stole a truck from the ranch and drove it more than 200 miles before being shot dead by police.
