HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A man who escaped from the minimum security unit at Hutchinson Correctional Facility Friday morning is back in custody.
The Kansas Department of Corrections says Gabriel Sanchez Jr. has been apprehended after being placed on escape status earlier today from the Hutchinson Correctional Facility Minimum Custody South Unit.
Local law enforcement, the Kansas Highway Patrol and KDOC officials collaborated in the search and arrest.
Sanchez is currently serving a sentence for convictions in Reno County for assault and battery of a law enforcement officer and fleeing/eluding local law enforcement.
The escape is currently being investigated. No additional information is available at this time.
___________________________________________HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Local law enforcement is searching for a minimum security inmate from the Hutchinson Correctional Facility who walked away from the facility Friday.
Gabriel Sanchez Jr. has been placed on escape status from the Hutchinson Correctional Facility Minimum Custody South Unit. Local law enforcement and the Kansas Highway Patrol are aiding in the search.
Sanchez, a 29-year-old white male, has brown hair, brown eyes, is 6-feet 1-inch tall and 254 pounds.
Sanchez is currently serving a sentence for convictions in Reno County for assault and battery of a law enforcement officer and fleeing/eluding local law enforcement.
Anyone with information on Sanchez can call the Kansas Department of Corrections at 316-265-5211, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation at (800) 572-7463 or local law enforcement at 911.
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