An inmate who escaped from the Cleburne County Jail has been apprehended. Last Thursday, authorities said that 41-year-old Jared West took trash to a dumpster and never returned. On Wednesday, West was apprehended off Highway 89 in Faulkner County.
West was in jail awaiting trial on charges of first-degree battery, fleeing, tampering and violating a no-contact order. An affidavit for his arrest states he “has been convicted of four or more felonies and should be sentenced as a habitual offender.” According to the sheriff’s office, West was a jail trusty charged with taking out the trash on the night of April 18. Officials said at the time that he did not return after taking the trash out. West’s escape caused several changes to the trusty policy at the detention center.
Also taken into custody on Saturday was 31-year-old Clarissa Stair of Heber Spring, who is facing charges of hindering apprehension and furnishing implement of escape after deputies and others were in a foot and dog chase after West that day. She is being held on $75,000 bond.
Cleburne County Sheriff Chris Brown said the chase went from White County into Independence County. U.S. Marshals, Arkansas Department of Correction dog teams from Calico Rock and Tucker prisons, Cleburne County Sheriff’s Office, Faulkner County Sheriff’s Office, White County Sheriff’s Office, Independence County Sheriff’s Office and the Arkansas State Police assisted in the apprehension.
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