(Salem, OR) -- A Marion County judge is sending an escapee back to prison for robbery of an elderly woman. In 2023, Joe Smallwood-Sain escaped from a prison work crew. He took a bus to downtown Salem, and while holding a hammer he told an 84-year-old woman to hand over her car keys. She started screaming getting the attention of a security guard. When the guard tried to stop Smallwood-Sain he tried to hit the guard with the hammer. Salem Police arrested him later in the day. Smallwood-Sain was convicted by a jury and sentenced to six years in prison.