Longview — The Longview News Journal is reporting: A suspected pipe thief who had some claiming he was an escapee from the Cass County Jail last month was arrested last week in Longview.

Captain Scott Sartain, public information officer for the Cass County Sheriff’s Office, said the suspect, Gary Linn Wilson, 56, of Longview, has been charged with aggravated robbery.

Sartain said Wilson was allegedly trying to steal oil field pipe and diesel fuel Jan. 18 on FM 125 near Linden-Kildare high School.

For more on this story, head to the Longview News Journal at http://www.news-journal.com/news/police/officers-arrest-suspect-in-pipe-theft/article_6640e80f-ba2a-5163-85bd-4dd219fce851.html