Police in Tulsa say an escaped Oklahoma state prison inmate has been recaptured following a short chase.
Police told reporters that 24-year-old Christopher Rowe was arrested Wednesday night in north Tulsa after an officer spotted him driving a sport utility vehicle and that he led police on a short chase before being stopped and arrested.
Rowe was serving seven year sentences for Tulsa County convictions that include possession of explosives by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of methamphetamine. Authorities say he walked away from the minimum security John H. Lilley Correctional Center in Boley on Dec. 31.
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