A man who had been in custody on a second-degree murder charge escaped on Sunday after pepper spraying his transporting deputy, authorities said.

The convicted murderer who escaped from prison in Pennsylvania in August is facing a dozen additional charges in connection with the two weeks that he spent on the run.

A convicted murderer who had eluded capture for nearly two weeks after escaping from a Pennsylvania prison was apparently planning to flee to Canada.

Michael Burham, who was being held on arson and burglary charges, and who is also a suspect in a homicide, was last seen Thursday inside the Warren County prison in Pennsylvania, police said.

Casey White pleaded guilty to his jail escape, which precipitated a multiday manhunt that ended in the death of a corrections officer who authorities said helped him.

One of the two inmates who escaped a Virginia jail has been arrested in Mexico following a dayslong manhunt, according to the FBI.

A detainee who escaped from a Mississippi jail along with three other men nearly a week ago has been detained in Texas, authorities said Thursday.

A manhunt is underway in Georgia for a man convicted of murder who apparently left an Atlanta correctional facility while on parole.

The inmate has been accused of shooting a family member.

A fugitive known as 'Fat Leonard' has been caught in Venezuela.

The man known as "Fat Leonard," who was convicted of bribing U.S. Navy officials, was found to be on the run just days before sentencing, according to the U.S. Marshals.

The indictment alleges that murder suspect Casey White caused the death of corrections officer Vicky White, who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials said.

Five family members believed to have been murdered by an escaped convict have been identified.

Gonzalo Lopez, who escaped from a prison bus three weeks ago, was killed overnight by police who said he was the prime suspect in the murder of four boys and their grandfather.

A Texas inmate suspected of murdering four children and an adult after he escaped from a prison bus, was killed by authorities on Thursday, officials said.

More than 300 officers are searching for Gonzalo Artemio Lopez who escaped after he had freed himself onboard a prisoner bus and stabbed the officer who was driving.

Investigators discovered Alabama corrections officer Vicky White and capital murder suspect Casey White had a relationship that began when Casey was an inmate at the facility two years ago.

Luis Archuleta had been living in hiding in New Mexico.

A homeowner spotted Curtis Ray Watson on surveillance camera wearing camouflage overalls, a hat and a backpack; this helped authorities to eventually catch him.

Curtis Watson was serving a sentence for especially aggravated kidnapping and is suspected in the murder of a 64-year-old prison official.

Authorities said Curtis Watson sexually assaulted and killed a corrections administrator who lived on prison grounds, before taking off on a tractor.

He allegedly kidnapped a woman while on the loose and stole a police vehicle when officers attempted to recapture him.

The 22-day manhunt came to an end on June 28, 2015, near the NY-Canada border.

The escapees were taken into custody after a high-speed chase that ended in Tennessee.

Laron Campbell, Rogelio Chavez escaped from jail the night before Thanksgiving.

All three escaped from the Dorchester County Jail Friday morning.