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Escaped Inmate Arrested in Balch Springs

The FBI says a man who escaped a Federal Correctional Institution in Seagoville has been caught in Balch Springs.

Investigators say William Laurence Stanley escaped the prison on Thursday.

He was found Friday night, hiding under a Highway 635 bridge in Balch Springs.

Police say Stanley was found wearing a white shirt, kakhi shorts and a brown hat. Investigators say he had changed clothes since escaping prison.

Officers say he was not armed at the time of his arrest. He was then transfered to the Balch Springs City Jail.

Stanley was sentenced earlier this month to serve more than eight years in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $5 million in restitution. He was previously sentenced to 37 months in prison for extorting money from a Dallas-based business and ordered to pay more than $174,000 in restitution to the numerous victims of his conduct.

If you have any information about Stanley, or see him in public, investigators say do not approach him, and instead call 911 or the FBI Dallas Field Office at 972-559-5000.

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