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Manhunt over after escaped convict wanted by feds is recaptured in Balch Springs

William Laurence Stanley, who escaped from the Federal Correctional Institution in Seagoville on Thursday, was recaptured in Balch Springs late Friday.
William Laurence Stanley, who escaped from the Federal Correctional Institution in Seagoville on Thursday, was recaptured in Balch Springs late Friday. Dallas FBI

Authorities recaptured a man who escaped from the Federal Correctional Institution in Seagoville on Thursday, according to the FBI.

WillIiam Laurence Stanley was captured in Balch Springs late Friday and is back in federal custody.



Stanley, 54, was sentenced to serve more than eight years on June 12 and ordered to pay more than $5.6 million in restitution.

Stanley was previously sentenced to more than three years in prison for extorting money from a Dallas-based business and ordered to pay more than $174,000 in restitution, according to a news release from the FBI.

Mitch Mitchell: 817-390-7752, @mitchmitchel3

This story was originally published June 30, 2018 at 3:10 PM with the headline "Manhunt over after escaped convict wanted by feds is recaptured in Balch Springs."

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