EAU CLAIRE, Wis. -- After two weeks on the run, a convicted burglar is back behind bars - but not before stealing a truck from a dealership and trying to sell stolen cows at auction.
Michael J. Parent, 42, of Glenwood City was discovered missing Nov. 23 from the McNaughton Correctional Center in Lake Tomahawk.
Parent escaped by stealing a prison vehicle, authorities said Wednesday. He drove it to a car dealership, where he took a pickup truck for a test drive and never returned.
Parent is also suspected of stealing calves from a Pierce County farm, which were reported stolen early Tuesday, and stealing a livestock trailer in Pepin County.
The Pierce County farmer called livestock auction barns to alert them to the theft, officials said. Hours later, they said, Parent showed up at Equity Livestock just south of Eau Claire with the trailer and calves.
Equity officials contacted the sheriff's department after they discovered the ear tags on the calves matched the tags reported by the farmer.
Parent fled on foot after authorities arrived at the auction house and hid in nearby woods before being captured two hours later. He could face charges of theft and possession of stolen property.
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