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DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) — Authorities say one of four Alabama fugitives has been transferred from a Dickinson hospital to jail.

Ashton Mink of Madison was arrested after a nearly 14-hour standoff June 6, on a ranch south of Gladstone, N.D.. Authorities say Mink and his wife, Jacquelin, were wounded in an exchange of gunfire.

Stark County Sheriff Clarence Tuhy said Ashton Mink was released Tuesday from a Dickinson hospital and taken to jail. He is awaiting a bail hearing.

Jacquelin Mink is hospitalized in Bismarck.

The couple along with Ashton Mink’s sister Angela and Joshua Southwick, face charges of conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit robbery. They are accused of robbing a movie store in Dickinson and shooting at a Highway Patrol trooper.

Authorities say Southwick and Ashton Mink escaped from a Perry County, Ala., prison in May and that Angela and Jacquelin Mink helped them.

Southwick was serving a life sentence after being convicted of murdering Michael Bryant, 21, of Elkmont in February 2003.