A convicted rapist serving a life sentence has escaped from an Arkansas prison. That’s the bad news. The jaw-dropping news is that police believe he did so on a jet ski, and with the help of his mother and sister. Samuel Hartman (pictured above, left) is missing after escaping from Brickeys Prison in the eastern part of the state late last week, according to local law enforcement officials.
Police believe he and two family members — mom Linda White (above, bottom right) and sister Misty Hartman (above, top left) — are hiding somewhere in the Tunica County area of Mississippi, near the Mississippi River. Related: Driver In Explosive Crash Facing 90 Years In Prison, Charged With 6 Counts Of Murder The scary situation started Friday when the 38-year-old man slipped free from incarceration at Brickeys, also known as the East Arkansas Regional Unit, in the small town of Marianna.
Prison officials revealed in a statement that he escaped the unit while out on a work crew detail. They have also claimed Hartman fired a weapon at a corrections officer during the act, per FOX 13 News.
So now they consider him armed and dangerous. As for how he covered so much ground, so fast, well… that’s the wildest part. Hours after Hartman’s escape, a farmer in the area reported finding two abandoned jet skis on a rural boat ramp at Mhoon Landing Park across the Mississippi state line in Tunica County.
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