Associated Press
CONNELL, Wash. — An inmate who escaped from the Coyote Ridge Corrections Center minimum security unit near Connell in eastern Washington state was recaptured in Spokane on Monday morning.
Joshua Michael Lanter, 29, was discovered missing early Monday morning during routine checks. Lanter appears to have escaped by climbing over a fence, the Department of Corrections said.
Spokane police said a truck was stolen in downtown Spokane around 11 a.m. The truck was located about 20 minutes later and the driver was apprehended, police said.
“Still dressed in prison attire, 29-year-old Joshua Michael Lanter was quickly identified,” police said.
Lanter was booked into the Spokane County Jail for the new charge of theft of a motor vehicle as well as the outstanding arrest warrant stemming from his escape.
Lanter originally had a release date of September for convictions from King and Snohomish counties for robbery, burglary, malicious mischief and taking a motor vehicle without permission.
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