(AP)--Authorities say one of two inmates who escaped from a maximum security prison in Lincoln was captured Saturday after emerging from a Lincoln storm drain.
The Nebraska State Patrol said 37-year-old Armon Dixon was captured just after 2:00 without incident. 52-year-old Timothy Clausen remained at large Saturday. Both men are convicted rapists and are considered a great danger to the public.
Authorities conducting a search for the men honed in on the east side of the city after a report just after 11:00 Saturday morning of an attack on two women at an apartment complex there. Based on the women's descriptions, police believed Dixon was the attacker. The women — one in her 60s and the other in her 20s — were taken to a hospital, where they were treated for injuries from the assault and released.
A man matching Dixon's description was seen entering a storm drain in the area, and a police dog was used to track him. Authorities then sent a robot into the drainage system, which showed Dixon hiding in the storm drain before he emerged and was arrested.
Dixon and Clausen were discovered missing Friday afternoon following a head count at the Lincoln Correctional Center. Prison officials say they're conducting an investigation to determine how the two escaped.
Dixon is serving up to 278 years for the violent, armed rapes of two women in separate attacks in 2009.
Clausen is serving 50 to 55 years for first-degree sexual assault of a child and tampering with a juror.
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