Escaped inmates arrested in Boligee

BOLIGEE — Dallas Antonio Long and Kevin Lee Hardie are back in custody after escaping from the Decatur Work Release Facility Tuesday.

The inmates are currently being held in the Greene County Jail following an arrest that took place at a service station in Boligee late Tuesday between 9 and 10 p.m.

“The state called for backup on it. Four of our deputies went along with the drug task force,” Lt. Jeremy Rancher of the Greene County Sheriff’s Department said. “They were actually asleep in the car. We instructed them to get out of the car one at a time and we handcuffed them.”

Long, 29, was sentenced to 45 years for robbery in Dec. 2006. Hardie, 20, is serving time on a theft charge and had been scheduled for release in Aug. 2015

The Greene County Sheriff’s Department, the Alabama State Troopers and the 17th Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force teamed to make the apprehensions.