Escaped Prisoner From Dallas Caught Sneaking Back Into Prison With Snacks, Booze, Home-cooked Food

An inmate from Dallas was busted this week sneaking out of a federal prison in Beaumont to get snacks, alcohol, tobacco and cooked food to take back into the facility.Sheriff's deputies in Jefferson County learned recently that inmates were going out the back of the prison to neighboring land owned by a rancher and picking up contraband. Deputies and U.S. marshals were lying in wait around 5:45 p.m. Wednesday and watched as someone drove a vehicle onto the property and left a large duffel bag. At 7:30 p.m., an inmate left the prison grounds and picked up the bag. Deputies arrested the man — identified as Joshua Randall Hansen, 27, of Dallas — as he headed back to the prison.  Continue reading...