DICKINSON COUNTY – The suspect who escaped from a jail in Abilene on Monday evening is back in custody, according to the Dickinson County Sheriff’s office.

Few details on the arrest were available late Tuesday morning.

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DICKINSON COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Dickinson and Marion County are investigating a report of an escaped inmate from the jail in Abilene.

Trent Hostetter, 27, escaped between 7:25 – 8p.m. on Monday, according to Dickinson County Sheriff Gareth Hoffman

He was able to escape through a portion of fence that had been compromised in an exercise yard, according to Hoffman.

There was a report of a stolen vehicle in Abilene, a couple of blocks from the courthouse.

A Herington police office saw the vehicle and pursued it into Lincolnville. The stolen vehicle crashed and Hostetter took off on foot, according to Hoffman.

K-9 units from the Kansas Highway Patrol and Marion County and an airplane from the KHP worked to track the inmate but didn’t find him.

Hostetter was being held for impersonating an officer and a parole violation.