Posted June 27, 2017 10:24 am by Comments

By Jennifer Cruz

Steven Dishman on Dec. 26, 1984 (left) and June 25. (Photo: Arkansas Department of Correction)
An inmate who eluded authorities for more than three decades after escaping from prison is back in custody after he was captured Sunday at a home in Springdale, Arkansas.
According to the Arkansas Department of Correction, Steven Dishman, 60, escaped from the Benton Unit on May 28, 1985, some 220 miles from where he was found over the weekend.
Local authorities and the Arkansas State Police worked together to apprehend Dishman.
According to reports from local media, law enforcement found the fugitive thanks to a tip from Dishman’s acquaintance, who authorities say met him about five years after the escape and knew him by another name. No other information was released about the tipster.
Special agents with the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division are working to locate others who may have known Dishman while he was on the run, as well as where Dishman has lived for the past 30 years.
At the time of his escape, Dishman had served less than five months of a seven-year sentence that stemmed from burglary and theft of property charges out of Washington County. He was also serving a concurrent sentence for

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