Two escapees from Pulaski County are back in custody

Both individuals who escaped from Pulaski County Detention Center are now in police custody.

According to a post on the Union County Sheriff’s Office’s Facebook page, the second man who escaped from the detention center was captured Thursday afternoon.

Investigators got a tip at about 11 a.m. Thursday that the man was seen walking near the 5000 block of U.S. 51 South in Union County. The Sheriff’s Office said they were searching for a Hispanic man wearing tan pants, no shirt and no shoes.

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