CLARKSBURG, W.Va. -- Prosecutors say an inmate who walked away from a Morgantown hospital while on a medical furlough has been sentenced to two years in prison for escape.
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. -- Prosecutors say an inmate who walked away from a Morgantown hospital while on a medical furlough has been sentenced to two years in prison for escape.
U.S. District Judge Irene Keeley sentenced 56-year-old Dean Edward Whitman Jr. after he pleaded guilty to walking away during a medical furlough to Ruby Memorial Hospital on April 15. Whitman was arrested later that day in Ohio.
Keeley sentenced Whitman on Tuesday. His new sentence starts after Whitman completes his original term.
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. -- Prosecutors say an inmate who walked away from a Morgantown hospital while on a medical furlough has been sentenced to two years in prison for escape.
U.S. District Judge Irene Keeley sentenced 56-year-old Dean Edward Whitman Jr. after he pleaded guilty to walking away during a medical furlough to Ruby Memorial Hospital on April 15. Whitman was arrested later that day in Ohio.
Keeley sentenced Whitman on Tuesday. His new sentence starts after Whitman completes his original term.
