FORT SMITH -- An escapee from the LeFlore County jail in Poteau, Okla., was found and detained in Fort Smith on Thursday evening, authorities said.
A news release from the Fort Smith Police Department states that Kevin Thompson, 41, was reported at a business in the 500 block of Garrison Avenue after he escaped from the jail earlier in the day. It states that Thompson fled the scene and was apprehended a short time later near the 100 block of North Second Street.
According to the Sebastian County jail's website, Thompson faces charges of fleeing, resisting arrest, theft, being an out-of-state fugitive and disarming a police officer.