(CNN) -- A convicted murderer who was pardoned this month in a controversial move by outgoing Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, has been found in Wyoming, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood announced Monday. Joseph Ozment was served with papers at a hotel in Laramie, Wyoming, where he had been staying under another name, his office said. As he was fleeing in his girlfriend's car, Ozment bumped an officer and sped from the parking lot. He later returned to the hotel on foot, denying he had been behind the wheel, Hood said. The officer was not seriously hurt. Ozment's whereabouts had been unknown since he was picked up by his mother on January 8 after his release.
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NEW: Mississippi AG Jim Hood slams then-Gov. Haley Barbour
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Joseph Ozment pleaded guilty to the 1992 murder of Rick Montgomery
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He was released from prison after a pardon from Barbour
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Ozment was served with papers at a Laramie, Wyoming, hotel
"He ran the office of the governor as if it was @placeholder in the 1950s," said Hood.