YUMA COUNTY, Ariz. — An Arizona prison inmate suspected of walking away from a work site in San Luis has been apprehended in Phoenix, officials said.
Jonathan Perryman was reported missing Monday at about 9:20 a.m. from a recreation center in San Luis where the inmate was working, according to the Arizona Department of Corrections.
The inmate was last seen by a supervisor walking into a restroom to wash paint off of his hands.
Nearby schools were placed on lockdown Monday morning as local law enforcement began searching for Perryman.
DOC said the inmate is serving a 4-year prison sentence for a weapons offense out of Maricopa County. Perryman does not have a history of violent convictions, DOC said.
Perryman was apprehended Tuesday morning at a hotel in south Phoenix by U.S. Marshals Service, DOC said. He will be taken to a high-custody unit in a DOC facility.
The inmate is expected to be charged with criminal escape and faces administrative disciplinary charges from DOC.
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