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Escapee From Marion Work Camp Caught In Ohio

A former Ohio man who spent three years on the run after escaping from a federal prison camp in southern Illinois has been ordered to spend an additional two years behind bars.

Thirty-eight-year-old Devant Geter pleaded guilty in November to a charge of escape linked to his walking away from the federal prison camp in Marion in September 2008.

At the time of his escape, Geter was serving a 14-year sentence for cocaine possession with plans to deal the drug and being a felon with a firearm.

Authorities say Geter left the prison camp on foot and was picked up by his then-girlfriend a short distance away.

He was a fugitive for three years before being arrested last September near Cincinnati while traveling on a greyhound bus.

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