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Nebraska Governor Pete Rickets; Public Safety Highest Priority

Nebraska Governor Pete Rickets; Public Safety Highest Priority

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Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts says the focus now is finding and capturing escaped prisoner Timothy Clausen…..

Clausen and Armon Dixon escaped Friday by hiding in a laundry truck that was traveling from the Lincoln Correctional Center to the state prison in Tecumseh.

Ricketts says he regrets that citizens were injured during the pursuit of the two prisoners…..

Dixon was captured Saturday afternoon in Lincoln. Clausen is believed to be in the Omaha area.

Ricketts says he wants answers on how the prisoners escaped….

Corrections Director Scott Frakes apologized for the break down in security that allowed the prisoners to get away.

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