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May search for escapee Arthur Buckel cost taxpayers $180,000
By nj1015.com
Published: 07/14/2016

BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A weeklong search in May for a convict who escaped from a minimum-security prison cost taxpayers $180,000 in overtime for law enforcement.

Most of the overtime was for officers with the state Department of Corrections, which led the hunt for Arthur Buckel after he fled Bayside State Prison on May 3, NJ.com reported.

Guards noticed that Buckel was missing during an early morning bed check at the Hammonton facility. He was serving a three-year sentence for burglary and theft at the time of his escape, and he was just weeks shy of being eligible for parole.

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