A prisoner who fled from a van transporting him to Florida has been apprehended about 70 miles from the North Texas town where he escaped.
Olney Police Chief Barry Roberts said Michael Rimmer was found by a Palo Pinto County Sheriff's Dputy Sunday morning near a road. He was taken to the Palo Pinto County Jail without incident.
A detention officer said Rimmer was being held without bond.
Rimmer escaped in Olney about 1 a.m. Saturday when the van in which he and other prisoners were traveling stopped at a convenience store.
The prisoners were being transported by a private company from Louisiana to Florida.
Roberts said Rimmer has a criminal history that includes assaulting a police officer and drug dealing.
Olney is about 100 miles northwest of Fort Worth.