An Arkansas sheriff said an inmate who escaped
custody walked into a bar, had some food and
beer, and asked the owner to call authorities on
him.
The Logan County Sheriff's Office said in a
Facebook post Shaun Higham, 45, was arrested
Tuesday about 9:15 p.m. when deputies
responded to a call from the owner of the Mitch's
Place tavern in Paris.
The post said the call came shortly after a woman
called authorities to report a man wearing "dirty
looking scrubs and orange shoes" walking east on
Highway 22, west of Paris.
Mitchell Ford, the owner of the bar, said Higham
asked him to contact Sheriff Boyd Hicks.
"He came walking out of the dark and he said,
'Mitch,' and I said, 'Shaun, your picture is all over
the TV," Ford told KFSM-TV. "[Higham] said, 'Mitch
I know, will you help me turn myself in?'"
Ford said Higham was covered in insect bites and
told him he hadn't eaten in eight days. Ford said
he served the man food and beer while waiting
for deputies.
"I asked him what happened to his prison outfit,"
Ford said. "He turned it inside out and you could
see the stripes, that's how dirty it was. I couldn't
tell from the way he was wearing it."
The sheriff's office said Higham "didn't get to
finish" his beer before being taken back into
custody.
"He was very cooperative and apologetic. He was
also tired, hungry and eat up with insect bites. He
was transported back to the Logan County
Detention Center where he is being held on his
previous charges and numerous additional
charges," t he Facebook post said.
Higham, who was originally arrested on a charge
of felony aggravated robbery, and Zackary Coffer,
19, escaped from the Logan County Detention
Center June 28 by apparently picking the lock on
their cell door. Coffer was recaptured later the
same day.
custody walked into a bar, had some food and
beer, and asked the owner to call authorities on
him.
The Logan County Sheriff's Office said in a
Facebook post Shaun Higham, 45, was arrested
Tuesday about 9:15 p.m. when deputies
responded to a call from the owner of the Mitch's
Place tavern in Paris.
The post said the call came shortly after a woman
called authorities to report a man wearing "dirty
looking scrubs and orange shoes" walking east on
Highway 22, west of Paris.
Mitchell Ford, the owner of the bar, said Higham
asked him to contact Sheriff Boyd Hicks.
"He came walking out of the dark and he said,
'Mitch,' and I said, 'Shaun, your picture is all over
the TV," Ford told KFSM-TV. "[Higham] said, 'Mitch
I know, will you help me turn myself in?'"
Ford said Higham was covered in insect bites and
told him he hadn't eaten in eight days. Ford said
he served the man food and beer while waiting
for deputies.
"I asked him what happened to his prison outfit,"
Ford said. "He turned it inside out and you could
see the stripes, that's how dirty it was. I couldn't
tell from the way he was wearing it."
The sheriff's office said Higham "didn't get to
finish" his beer before being taken back into
custody.
"He was very cooperative and apologetic. He was
also tired, hungry and eat up with insect bites. He
was transported back to the Logan County
Detention Center where he is being held on his
previous charges and numerous additional
charges," t he Facebook post said.
Higham, who was originally arrested on a charge
of felony aggravated robbery, and Zackary Coffer,
19, escaped from the Logan County Detention
Center June 28 by apparently picking the lock on
their cell door. Coffer was recaptured later the
same day.
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