KANSAS CITY, Mo — The Johnson County man who walked away from a work release facility Friday is back in custody.
Sunday night, Ricardo Marin-Valadez, 24, was apprehended by Kansas City, Missouri, police.
He was taken into custody without incident.
“Marin-Valadez was placed on escape status after not reporting for his scheduled shift Friday morning or returning to the ARC (Johnson County Adult Residential Center),” per a Kansas Department of Corrections release.
Before walking away, Marin-Valadez was a minimum-custody resident at ARC. He was serving a 15-month sentence for drug-related crimes.
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