CONNELL, Wash. (AP) — An inmate who escaped from the Coyote Ridge Corrections Center minimum security unit near Connell in eastern Washington state has been was recaptured in Spokane.
Officials say 29-year-old Joshua Michael Lanter was discovered missing early Monday morning during routine checks. Lanter appears to have escaped by climbing over a fence. Spokane police say a truck was stolen in downtown Spokane around 11 a.m. The truck was located about 20 minutes later and the driver was apprehended and identified as the escapee.
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.