2 escapees back in Hot Spring County custody

Two men who escaped Saturday from the Hot Spring County jail have been captured, a local media outlet reports.

Reginald Duke, 36, and Jonathan Demoret, 19, crawled through a hole in the fence while in the yard Saturday afternoon, Fox16 said on its website.

Demoret was captured at Shadow Lawn cemetery, and Duke was captured near McCallister Avenue in Malvern later that day, the website said.

Duke faces charges of armed robbery and escape, and a woman suspected of aiding the escape has been arrested, the website said.

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