A Baxter County, Arkansas prisoner is back in custody after escaping from a patrol car Tuesday afternoon in Harrison.  Boone County Sheriff Danny Hickman says 31-year old Michael Howard of Mountain Home had been picked up inFort Smithand was being returned to Baxter County when he managed to flee along Highway 62/412…

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Hickman says Howard somehow took possession of the deputy’s cell phone, and made his way into a nearby Home Depot store in search of bolt cutters.  Howard was being returned to Baxter County for alleged failure to register as a sex offender.

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A prisoner being returned to Baxter County from Fort Smith, Arkansas is back in custody after a brief period of freedom Tuesday afternoon inHarrison.  Boone County Sheriff Danny Hickman says 31-year old Michael Howard of Mountain Home was able to escape from a patrol car along Highway 62/412...

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Howard was being returned to Baxter County for alleged failure to register as a sex offender.