Frank Crutchfield

Robert Cook

By The Informer staff

One of two inmates who escaped from the Winfield Correctional Facility over the weekend is back in custody.

Frank Crutchfield, 48, was arrested by Wichita Police Department officers at a residence in Wichita this morning. According to officials with the Kansas Department of Corrections, a tip to Crimestoppers alerted authorities to Crutchfield’s whereabouts. Officers have taken Crutchfield back to the Winfield Correctional Facility where he will be interviewed.

Still missing is inmate Robert Cook, 52, described as being 5’10" tall, weighing about 225 pounds, with gray hair, hazel eyes and a gray beard. The two escaped from the Winfield Correctional Facility at about 1:40 p.m. Saturday, June 16.

They fled from the facility in a state-owned truck which was found Sunday morning abandoned about 15 miles north of Winfield. It is believed that the two then stole a city of Douglass vehicle described as a dark blue 2006 GMC Sierra with a Kansas license tag of 74914. The truck also is marked as a city truck on each side, has a brush guard on the front, yellow caution lights on top, and two side mounted tool boxes in the rear.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Cook or the vehicle is encouraged to contact law enforcement officials or to call 911.