--- --- # New Jersey Escaped Convict Arthur Buckel Was Spotted at CVS  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian May 5, 2016 11:43 AM CUT  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian May 5, 2016 11:43 AM CUT New Jersey Police are on the hunt for an escaped minimum security inmate who was spotted [entering a CVS](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/45431430ce5c49f1b37595ce779cac4a/police-escaped-inmate-spotted-new-jersey-cvs "undefined") in the town of Barnegat on Wednesday. Corrections authorities discovered Arthur Buckel, 38, was missing from Bayside State Prison in South New Jersey during a Tuesday morning inmate check, the AP reports. After the Barnegat Police Department alerted residents about the escaped convict, they were [flooded with tips](http://www.nj.com/ocean/index.ssf/2016/05/barnegat%5Fmanhunt%5Fdrags%5Finto%5Fthe%5Fnight.html "undefined") and had investigated over 50 of them by Wednesday evening. “He is going to be found. He is going to be apprehended,” said Barnegat Mayor Jon Novak at a [Wednesday press conference](http://www.nj.com/ocean/index.ssf/2016/05/barnegat%5Fmanhunt%5Fdrags%5Finto%5Fthe%5Fnight.html "undefined"). “My suggestion to \[Buckel\] is to surrender to law enforcement immediately. Make it easy for everyone, including yourself. You are going to be apprehended either way.” [https://www.facebook.com/OceanCountyPoliceFireEMS/posts/1429079360451514 ](https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story%5Ffbid=1001668679910341&id=112817298795488 "undefined") Investigators suspect Buckel may be trying to reach a relative nearby in New Jersey. Barnegat residents have been advised to lock their doors and cars. \[[_AP_](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/45431430ce5c49f1b37595ce779cac4a/police-escaped-inmate-spotted-new-jersey-cvs "undefined")\] Barnegat: Convict At Large in New Jersey Spotted at CVS ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4319183/new-jersey-escaped-convict/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4319183/new-jersey-escaped-convict/"},"headline":"New Jersey Escaped Convict Arthur Buckel Was Spotted at CVS","datePublished":"2016-05-05T11:43:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:18:11.600Z","description":"Arthur Buckel was serving time in prison for aggravated assault.","url":"https://time.com/4319183/new-jersey-escaped-convict/","keywords":["New Jersey","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4319183/new-jersey-escaped-convict/","name":"New Jersey Escaped Convict Arthur Buckel Was Spotted at CVS"}}]}] ```