A Dallas County Jail inmate is back in custody after he escaped by jumping from a laundry detail vehicle Wednesday afternoon.
The Dallas County Sheriff's Office said 31-year-old Carlos Duarte was working as a trusty, an inmate given responsibilities or privileges not available to all other inmates when he hopped out of the laundry detail transport vehicle and escaped.
Duarte was placed under arrest at about 7 p.m. after Garland Police were called to a person acting erratically at a bus stop, a Dallas Sheriff's office spokesman said. Officers determined the man was escapee Duarte and arrested him.
He is now charged with felony escape while arrested/confined, the spokesman said.
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Before his capture, the sheriff's office said Duarte is known to frequently visit Garland and Irving. They offered no other information on his history or whether he should be considered a violent offender.
According to online jail records, Duarte had been at the county jail since March 7, held on bonds totaling $10,000 for two charges of possession of a controlled substance and a charge of a probation violation for unauthorized use of a vehicle.
