Police Catch Convicts Who Walked Out of Maine Jail

July 13, 2012
Two convicts who walked out of the Charleston Correctional Facility on Sunday were captured by police early Thursday morning

July 12--CHARLESTON, Maine -- Two convicts who walked out of the Charleston Correctional Facility on Sunday were captured by police early Thursday morning, a dispatcher for the Penobscot County Sheriff's Office confirmed Thursday.

Randall Moulton, 20, of Bangor and Phillip Gardiner, 24, broke out and were on the loose in the Glenburn area, according to Judy Plummer, spokeswoman for the facility. Plummer said Monday that the two men "just walked out" of the minimum-security facility, which has no perimeter fence.

Moulton is serving a sentence for burglary and theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, according to Plummer. He began his sentence on June 7 and was scheduled to be released in September 2013.

Gardiner had been incarcerated for burglary, robbery and criminal threatening since November 2009, Plummer said. He was scheduled to be released in November 2014.

No further information was immediately available.

Police are still searching for a man who escaped Somerset County Jail on Monday.

Copyright 2012 - Bangor Daily News, Maine

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