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OCC Trustee Swims For It

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An OCC Trustee attempted escape by swimming away in the Ouachita River.

Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Deputies captured an OCC Trustee around noon today that left his assigned work detail at the Ouachita Courthouse Monday morning.

Joshua Wilkins was apprehended this morning by Deputies as he attempted to avoid arrest by swimming the Ouachita River near Louisville Avenue. He has been booked into the Ouachita Correctional Center on a Fugitive from Justice charge.