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Cops nab escaped inmate with face tattoo after weeks on run

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Published : Dec 23, 2017, 12:54 pm IST
Updated : Dec 23, 2017, 12:54 pm IST

Officers set up a perimeter and knocked on the door, but no one answered.

The Fresno Bee reports police arrested 27-year-old Corey Hughes on Thursday at a home in Stockton. (Photo: AP)
 The Fresno Bee reports police arrested 27-year-old Corey Hughes on Thursday at a home in Stockton. (Photo: AP)

 Authorities say an inmate with a skull tattooed on his face who escaped last month from a work crew in central California is back in custody.

The Fresno Bee reports police arrested 27-year-old Corey Hughes on Thursday at a home in Stockton.

Officers set up a perimeter and knocked on the door, but no one answered. Stockton police then sent a police dog into the residence, and Hughes was apprehended. He was taken to a hospital for treatment before being booked into San Joaquin County Jail.

Hughes was reported missing from a work crew near Interstate 5 in Stockton on November 27.

He had been serving time on a weapons charge and was due to be released in February.

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