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| Last 2 Texas Escapees in Custody |
| By CNN |
| Published: 02/11/2002 |
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The last two of four fugitives who escaped a Texas jail last month were in police custody in Oklahoma early today after the end of a hostage standoff at a convenience store in Ardmore, law enforcement officials said. The two suspects, Curtis Gambill, 24, and Joshua Bagwell, 23, surrendered peacefully at about 4:30 a.m., and their hostage was released unharmed. FBI Special Agent Gary Johnson said the other two escapees were arrested outside the convenience store Wednesday night after the FBI received a tip that one of them had been seen using a pay phone at the site. 'An FBI agent and a Carter County deputy went to the scene,' Johnson said. 'As they were driving up they noticed at a pay phone one of the fugitives -- (Charles) Jordan. They immediately arrested him without incident.' The agent and the deputy searched the area and found a second fugitive -- Chrystal Gale Soto -- behind the store and arrested her, also without incident. 'The other two saw what was going on and grabbed the hostage, the store owner who was the only person in the store at the time, and held him at gunpoint,' Johnson said. Johnson said negotiations with the FBI began at about 10 p.m., and that the talks 'started out positive and stayed positive throughout the night.' At 4 p.m., Bagwell and Gambill agreed to surrender, and walked out of the store a half hour later. All four are being held at the Carter County jail. |
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