- The Arkansas State Police (ASP) is shedding more light on the apprehension this past weekend of an escaped state prison inmate who had been on the run for more than 30 years. Dishman is now being held in the Varner Unit, a maximum security prison in Lincoln County, according to the Arkansas Department of Corrections. Steven Dishman, 60, was taken into custody Sunday (June 25) morning at a home in the 2700 block of McMillan Drive in Springdale, according to police. Dishman's original term was set for seven years from Dec. 20, 1984, when he was originally charged in Washington County for Theft of Property and Burglary. He was sentenced Dec. 20, 1984, in Washington County, and was eligible for parole Dec. 28, 1987, Correction Department records show. Dishman escaped May 28, 1985, from a facility while serving a sentence on burglary and theft of property charges.
– After three decades on the lam, an Arkansas man has been quickly reacquainted with life behind bars. Steven Dishman, 60—who was five months into a seven-year sentence for burglary and property theft when he escaped from the Cummins Unit in Lincoln County, Ark., on May 28, 1985, reports KTHV—was arrested Sunday at a home in Springdale in the northwestern part of the state, report Arkansas Online and KFSM. Arkansas State Police and local cops raided the home after receiving a tip. A rep for the Arkansas Department of Correction tells Fox 16 that Dishman will now be required to serve the remainder of his sentence. Dishman may also face additional charges related to his escape, the details of which were not immediately explained. Had Dishman stayed in jail, he would have been eligible for parole in 1987 and freed by 1991.