EAST FELICIANA PARISH, LA (WAFB) - Lonnie Joseph Payne was recently arrested in Mexico and is in jail in the United States after being on the run for 15 years.Payne, now 44-years-old, escaped from the East Feliciana Parish Prison in July of 2003, where he was serving 17 years for 15 counts of simple burglary (7 counts from Jefferson Parish and 8 counts from East Baton Rouge Parish) from the Louisiana Department of Corrections. Payne started serving his time in EBR Parish on September 11, 2002. If he had stayed in jail with good behavior . . .
