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Lansing escapee back in custody

(KAIR)--The Lansing Correctional Facility inmate who escaped Sunday night has been apprehended.

According to a release, Joshua Renfro was taken into custody Monday night by law enforcement officials in Leavenworth County. He was arrested on the Kansas Department of Corrections escape warrant without incident.

The 39-year-old Renfro had been placed on escape status after he walked away from the minimum-security unit at the Lansing Correctional Facility.

No other details are being released as the investigation is ongoing.

Renfro, at the time of his escape, was serving a 30-month sentence for a 2020 Violation of an extended protection order conviction in Allen County.

Renfro has four prior convictions dating back to 2001.

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