print article Print     e-mail article E-mail
Published July 07, 2011, 07:40 AM

Escapee sentenced to 10 months

One of two inmates who escaped from a Valley City jail last month will serve 10 months in prison.

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) — One of two inmates who escaped from a Valley City jail last month will serve 10 months in prison.

The Valley City Times-Record reported that Ryan Eugene Thomas was sentenced in connection with his escape from a town jail earlier this month. The 28-year-old Thomas and 21-year-old Travis Dethlefs escaped by kicking open a fire escape door while on a cleaning detail.

Dehtlefs was caught in a motel room in Fargo on June 17. Thomas was arrested at a bar in Mandan shortly afterward.

Thomas was being held on misdemeanor warrants in Morton County at the time of his arrest. Dethlefs still faces drug possession charges in Cass County.

Tags: , , , 

More from around the web