Law enforcement officials are crediting license plate technology for assisting in the capture of an Alabama inmate who escaped custody and was captured over 600 miles away at a Buc-ee's in Texas.

Melissa Police confirmed to Fox News Digital they successfully captured Pierson McKinnley Anthony, 25, who was wanted out of Marion County, Alabama, after he escaped custody. Just before 5 p.m ...

Update: The Alabama Department of Corrections reports Pierson McKinnley Anthony was recaptured on Sunday in Melissa, Texas. Original: Alabama authorities searching for escaped Marion County inmate ...

On Sunday, police used license plate-reading technology in Anna to locate the vehicle of 25-year-old Pierson McKinnley Anthony in the parking lot of the mega gas station in Melissa. The Melissa ...

Jail records indicate that Pierson McKinnley Anthony, 25, is now in the Collin County Jail, being held for the Marion County Sheriff's Office in Alabama. The driver of the vehicle was taken into ...

The City of Melissa identified the escaped inmate as Pierson McKinnley Anthony. He and the driver were transported to Collin County Jail to await extradition to Alabama. Biologists have been ...

The Melissa Police Department was alerted to the possibility of the escaped inmate being in the area just after 1:45 p.m. Sunday.

An escaped inmate from Marion County, Alabama, is back in custody after police in Melissa arrested him and an accomplice after they were found in the parking lot of a Buc-ee's. Police said they ...