Putnam and Crum escaped from the minimum security Ohio County Correctional Center in Wheeling on Monday, by breaking a lock in a kitchen and scaling a fence.

Putnam and his brother robbed a Burnsville bank, and then attempted to escape on their 4-wheeler.

Putnam was sentenced from Braxton County and was being held for a parole violation on a conspiracy to commit grand larceny conviction.

Both inmates are now facing new felony charges related to their escape.

Putnam was scheduled to go before a parole board in May.

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