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Dad fights off escaped inmate with T-ball bat

Tyler Beliveau had escaped custody while getting x-rays from Exeter Hospital

By C1 Staff

EAST KINGSTON, NH — A man out building snowmen with his daughter ended up protecting his family from an escaped inmate with a baseball bat.

FOX News reports that Mark Chetwynd was outdoors with his daughter in the snow when the inmate suddenly appeared. Tyler Beliveau had escaped custody while getting x-rays from Exeter Hospital.

Chetwynd immediately sent his daughter inside to be with his wife, while he grabbed the first thing to come to hand – a T-ball bat.

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He used it to ward the inmate off and out of a truck he’d climbed into.

Police arrived and used a stun gun on Beliveau, but the inmate was still able to run off. Chetwynd managed to knock Beliveau out with the T-ball bat.

Beliveau is facing new charges after his attempted escape.