NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) – A North Platte man faces a second escape charge after allegedly fleeing a North Platte hospital while in custody. Nineteen-year-old Christopher Herring is serving a 270-day sentence for theft by unlawful taking out of Lincoln County. Herring fled Great Plains Regional Medical Center on Wednesday and was arrested a few hours later. It wasn’t clear why he had been at the hospital. Court records show Herring was charged with escape, attempted assault and criminal mischief. Herring was also charged with escape in August for failing to show up to serve his sentence at the Lincoln County Detention Center. A message left Saturday by The Associated Press with Herring’s attorney wasn’t immediately returned. Herring is due in court on Thursday.