State Prison Escapee Sought Out Of McAlester

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MCALESTER, OK -- Authorities are searching for an inmate who escaped from a correctional center in McAlester over the weekend.

State Department of Corrections officials say 29-year-old Dustin Stokesberry was reported missing Saturday night at the Jackie Brannon Correctional Center.

Stokesberry is described as six-feet tall, 200 pounds, with tattoos on his back and chest.

According to prison staff, he was serving a sentence from Cleveland County for drug and stolen property possession.

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Stokesberry is considered armed and dangerous.

If you see him, you're asked to call the Department of Corrections at 405-425-2570. 

Meanwhile, a state prison official says three inmates who escaped a prison at Fort Supply in northwest Oklahoma prison have been captured in California. 

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The Oklahoma Department of Corrections says 20-year-old Dennis W. Finch, 20-year-old Christopher D. Hibl and 22-year-old Jake D. Trout were arrested Friday by Los Angeles police without incident. 

The three walked away from the William S. Key Correctional Center at Fort Supply on February 5. 

The Associated Press contributed to this story.