Convicted Rapist Who Escaped From Arkansas Prison Using Jet Ski in 2022 Is Captured, Authorities Say

Convicted Rapist Who Escaped From Arkansas Prison Using Jet Ski in 2022 Is Captured, Authorities Say
Samuel Hartman in a booking photo. Arkansas Department of Correction via AP
The Associated Press
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LEWISBURG, W.Va.—A convicted rapist who authorities say used a jet ski during an escape from an Arkansas prison last year was arrested Tuesday in West Virginia, the U.S. Marshals Service said.

Samuel Paul Hartman, 39, was arrested along with his wife, his mother, and his mother’s boyfriend at a hotel in Lewisburg, the Marshals Service said in a news release.