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Kirksville fugitive captured one state away
Posted: 03.24.2011 at 9:48 PM
John Garlock

John Garlock is 6 and 10pm news anchor with KTVO.

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Larry Pranger, 41, of Kirksville was captured in Illinois.
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WOODSTOCK, ILL. -- A fugitive wanted for a brutal assault in Kirksville is now in custody.

Investigators announced Thursday that Larry Pranger Sr., 41, of Kirksville, was apprehended in Woodstock, Ill., after a joint investigation by the Woodstock Police Department, the Kirksville Police Department and the McHenry County Sheriff's Office.

Pranger is the suspect in a March 14 assault of a 20-year-old Kirksville man.

He is accused of attacking and seriously injuring the victim with a crowbar.

Pranger is also charged with unrelated crimes in Illinois.

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