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Man Who Escaped From Local Mental Health Facility Recaptured

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published October 9, 2017 at 5:24 AM EDT
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Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

The bank robbery suspect who escaped from a Hilltop psychiatric hospital is back in custody.  Columbus police say Robert Gardner was arrested Sunday on Polaris Parkway.  Gardner escaped from the Twin Valley Behavioral Hospital on Saturday.

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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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