NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) – A North Platte man who escaped from a hospital while in custody has been given 18-to-36 months in prison.
Nineteen-year-old Christopher Herring had pleaded no contest to charges of escaping from custody and criminal mischief. In exchange for the plea, prosecutors dropped several other charges. Herring was sentenced on Monday.
Herring was serving jail time for theft when he was taken to Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte for treatment on Oct. 5. He broke out a window, jumped onto the roof and escaped.
He was captured a few hours later.