A fugitive who escaped from an Ohio prison in 1959 was arrested in Florida Tuesday, the Brevard County Sheriff's Office said.
Frank Freshwater, 79, was arrested at a home after information was sent to Brevard authorities from the cold case unit of the U.S. Marshal's northern Ohio violent fugitive task force that Freshwater was in the Melbourne area.
Freshwater was arrested on a fugitive from justice warrant charging him with escape. He was taken to the Brevard County Jail without bail, where he will await extradition back to Ohio.
Freshwater was initially jailed at the Ohio State Reformatory (also known as the Shawshank State Prison) and later escaped from the Sandusky Ohio Honor Farm in 1959 after serving seven months of a 20-year sentence for violating the terms of his probation in regard to a manslaughter conviction.
Freshwater was living under the alias of William H. Cox, authorities said.
Freshwater had lived in several states, working as a truck driver, before settling in Brevard County. It is believed that Freshwater has been in Brevard County for about 20 years, investigators said.
