Inmate escapes during transfer in Great Falls

Inmate escapes during transfer in Great Falls

GREAT FALLS (AP) — A registered violent offender with a previous escape on his record slipped past authorities again on Wednesday as he was being transported from a drug treatment center to the state penitentiary.

Havaii Akane, 32, was brought from the Nexus methamphetamine treatment center in Lewistown to Great Falls, where he was to be transferred to a vehicle that would take him to Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge.

He was unshackled when he was taken off a vehicle at the Great Falls Prerelease Center and escaped from two transport staff, the D...