Aug 08, 2024

Inmate charged with escape from federal detention center in Kansas

Posted Aug 08, 2024 2:00 PM
Hallford is being held in Sedgwick County
Hallford is being held in Sedgwick County

WICHITA —A federal grand jury in Wichita  returned an indictment charging a man with escaping from a federal detention center, according to the United State's Attorney.

According to court documents, Lee Owen Hallford, 42, is charged with one count of escape from custody.

Hallford is accused of unlawfully leaving the custody of the Bureau of Prisons while at the Residential Reentry Center — Correctional Solution Group, LLC in Wichita. He was detained based on a conviction in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma for assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm in Indian Country.

The U.S. Marshals Service is investigating the case.