Longtime Easton Fugitive Sentenced to Prison

In 1986, Alfred R. Libiano escaped from .

Don't picture some sort of "Shawshank Redemption" scenario. Libiano, doing time for assault, was enrolled in the prison's work release program, so his escape basically meant that he went to work and didn't come back.

And rather than fleeing to, say, Costa Rica, Libiano spent the next 25 years living on Easton's South Side, just a short drive from the prison.

Now, Libiano, 64, is headed back to prison. According to The Morning Call, he was sentenced Friday to serve out the rest of his original two-to-five-year prison term in state prison.

Libiano was arrested in October after a traffic stop in Monroe County revealed the warrant for his arrest, and pleaded guilty to escape in December.

Twenty-five years is a long time to be a fugitive, even if you're not technically on the run. (Libiano's lawyer told The Morning Call her client feels "some level of relief.")

But 25 years isn't the longest anyone's spent on the run. Frank Dryman, a convicted killer from Montana, hid in plain sight in Arizona for 40 years. Eventually, he told The Associated Press last year, he forgot he was a fugitive.