Inmate recaptured after escape from Edinburgh facility

An inmate at the Edinburgh Correctional Facility is back behind bars this afternoon after a brief escape.

Department of Correction officers recaptured Montez Beech around 9:30 a.m. this morning, just hours after he left the minimum-security facility on Thursday night. Investigators say Beech was picked up by an associate who is now considered a person of interest in the case.

Beech was serving time for an auto theft conviction out of Hamilton County.

Authorities are continuing to look into how the escape was coordinated.

Story courtesy of Network Indiana

File photo courtesy of Indiana Department of Correction.