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Escaped killers captured in New York

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Calvin Adams, 39, left, and Jeffrey Grinder, 32, right, shown in these file photos, both convicted murderers ,escaped Friday evening, May 29, 2009, from the Cummins Unit prison in Grady, Ark., more than three hours before officials realized they were missing, corrections department spokeswoman Dina Tyler said. Both men were serving life sentences without the possibility of parole. Collapse (Ark. Dept. of Corrections/AP Photo)

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GRADY, Ark. -- A pair of convicted murderers who escaped from an Arkansas prison wearing guard uniforms made at the facility were captured Tuesday afternoon after being stopped for speeding in New York state.

A prisons spokeswoman said the two were in the same car that had been left for them at the Cummins Unit prison about 90 miles southeast of Little Rock last Friday night. Spokeswoman Dina Tyler said a New York state trooper tried to stop the men for speeding.

Both were caught after the car crashed and the two tried to run away. No one was hurt.

Calvin Adams and Jeffrey Grinder were captured near Hornell, N.Y., about 90 miles southeast of Buffalo.