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Third Of 4 Escapees From Ottawa County Jail Sentenced

Screen Shot 2013-03-27 at 7.16.28 AM(AP) – The third of four inmates who escaped in April 2012 from the Ottawa County jail was sentenced to 11 more years in prison.

The Kansas Attorney General’s Office says 24-year-old Alberto Barraza-Lujan was sentenced Tuesday for aggravated escape from custody. He’ll serve the sentence after finishing a sentence of 11 years and four months for previous convictions.

Barraza-Lujan and three others escaped from the Ottawa County jail in Minneapolis. They were being housed at the county jail to relieve overcrowding at the state prison.

Barraza-Lujan was serving time for attempted aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer in 2011. He was recaptured in Ottawa County shortly after the escape.

Two other defendants have been sentenced and the third is awaiting sentencing.

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