AUBURN, Wash. — An escaped prisoner was arrested in Auburn.
Tacoma police and the Department of Corrections (DOC) were searching for Zaquai Zekia McCray after he escaped from a work crew near E 29th St. and Duct Cho St.
The escape happened about 12:30 p.m. near the Puyallup River. DOC personnel and Tacoma officers searched the surrounding area.
McCray was located in Auburn around 2 p.m. He is incarcerated at Cedar Creek Corrections Center, a minimum-security facility in Littlerock, an unincorporated community in Thurston County.
McCray was convicted of second-degree robbery and first-degree burglary. He was set to be released from prison on Sept. 2, 2029, according to a news release from DOC.
This story was originally published on MyNorthwest.com.
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