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Associated Press - July 30, 2010 6:25 PM ET
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has added an escaped West Tennessee prisoner to its most wanted list.
The TBI said Friday that 38-year-old Arthur Gareth Milks escaped July 25 from the Henderson County Jail by jumping over a fence.
He was convicted in 2007 and was serving a 22-year prison sentence for possession of prohibited weapons, burglary, theft and vandalism.
Investigators said after escaping, Milks is suspected of breaking into an Alabama Department of Transportation office in Moulton, Ala., and stealing clothes, food and a pickup truck.
The TBI said he has a criminal history dating back to 1991.
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