Nov 22, 2021

Inmate called 911 after injured during escape from Kan. prison

Posted Nov 22, 2021 2:00 AM
Robinson has previous convictions for robbery, aggravated assault, DUI and flee or attempt to elude law enforcement, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections
Robinson has previous convictions for robbery, aggravated assault, DUI and flee or attempt to elude law enforcement, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections

LANSING, Kan. (AP) — A 32-year-old man who escaped from the Lansing Correctional Facility for about nine hours has been sentenced to nearly 11 additional years in prison.

Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson said Dustin Frank Robinson escaped from the prison in July 2019 by climbing over a 20-foot fence that had two sections of barbed wire. KCTV reports he cut himself on the wire and called 911 after feeling “woozy” from the cut.

Investigators later found him at Providence Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Thompson said authorities need to send the message that people who escape will face serious consequences.