An inmate in Louisiana was recaptured overnight Friday, two days after he allegedly threw a chemical substance at a police officer's face in a daring prison escape.

Cecil Michael Stratton, 46, escaped from the Berwick Police Department jail on Wednesday while "jailers were securing inmates during lockdown procedures," the St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Department said in a statement Thursday.

The sheriff's department said a "brief struggle" broke out between Stratton and the officers and a chemical substance was allegedly thrown into the officer's face. This allowed Stratton and another inmate, 22-year-old Brandon Brunet, to escape.

Officials said Brunet was recaptured a short time after the daring escape.

Stratton, who the sheriff's department said was known to have violent tendencies an

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