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Published February 12, 2013, 06:47 AM

Inmate indicted on new charges from Jan. 8 escape from Huron jail

Charles Beeney has been indicted on charges of escape, aggravated assault against a jailer and grand theft. He has not yet entered pleas.

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    This photo provided by Beadle County Sheriff’s Office, Charles Beeney is shown. The Beadle County Sheriff's Department says Beeney escaped from the Huron jail early Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, and is armed with a makeshift weapon. He's considered dangerous. Huron schools are on lockdown status as a precaution. Beeney, 45, originally from Lansing, Kan., was arrested last December on an aggravated eluding charge after leading law officers from five counties and the South Dakota Highway Patrol on a chase through Jerauld County. The chase ended when he crashed the pickup truck he had stolen in North Dakota. (AP Photo/Beadle County Sheriff’s Office)

HURON (AP) — A man serving a two-year prison term in South Dakota for stealing a pickup truck and leading authorities on a chase last December faces new charges in connection with his escape from jail last month.

KOKK radio reports that 45-year-old Charles Beeney has been indicted on charges of escape, aggravated assault against a jailer and grand theft. He has not yet entered pleas.

Authorities say Beeney escaped the Beadle County Jail on Jan. 8 after accosting a guard with a makeshift weapon. He was captured later the same day in Sioux Falls after allegedly stealing a pickup truck.

Beeney also has a criminal history in Kansas and North Dakota, including an escape from a county jail in North Dakota and an attempted escape from the State Penitentiary in that state.

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