Man on the Lam for 48 Years Captured in Sherman: Nearby News

By RICH SCINTO (Patch Staff)

A man who escaped a Georgia prison work camp in the 1960's was captured in Sherman on Monday.

Prison escapee Robert Stackowitz spent nearly half a century on the run after the Aug. 22, 1968 escape from from the infirmary at the Carroll County Prison Work Camp in Carrolton, GA.

He was serving a 17-year sentence for robbery by force, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.

Georgia Department of Corrections investigators assigned to the U.S. Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force uncovered a possible alias for Stackowitz and linked it to an address in Sherman, Connecticut.

Sherman is the least populous town in Fairfield County with a population of about 3,500.

Stackowitz used his real name in Connecticut after he applied for social security benefits, according to the News-Times. He went by Robert Gordon and ran a boat repair business.

Marshals and State Police in Connecticut located Stackowitz and took him into custody without incident Monday.

He is currently in a state jail facility and is awaiting extradition to Georgia. He was held in lieu of $75,000 bail and is next due in court on June 6.

Image via Georgia Department of Corrections