GOODHUE COUNTY, Minn. - A Green County inmate who walked away from custody in May was apprehended Thursday in Minnesota.
The Green County Sheriff's Department was notified by Minnesota authorities that Luis Miranda, 44, had been captured following a tip from Green County Crime Stoppers, according to a Green County Sheriff's Department statement Thursday.
Miranda was an inmate in the Green County Jail with Huber privileges, and had not returned to the jail on May 29, the statement said.
He was taken into custody in Goodhue County, Minn. The Crime Stoppers tip suggested Miranda had traveled to Red Wing, Minn.; the tip then was forwarded to authorities there.
Red Wing, Minn., is located north of La Crosse. Miranda will be held pending extradition back to Green County.
Miranda was in jail for failure to pay child support. He failed to return to jail after he was allowed to go to Pleasant View to look for work at the career center.
Miranda had family in Minnesota, the sheriff's department said.
Mirand was the first of two inmates with Huber privileges to not return to jail in the past month. Johnnie N. Phiffer, 41, walked away from Monroe Clinic on Friday, June 12, but turned himself in three days later to the Dane County Sheriff's Department.
The Green County Sheriff's Department was notified by Minnesota authorities that Luis Miranda, 44, had been captured following a tip from Green County Crime Stoppers, according to a Green County Sheriff's Department statement Thursday.
Miranda was an inmate in the Green County Jail with Huber privileges, and had not returned to the jail on May 29, the statement said.
He was taken into custody in Goodhue County, Minn. The Crime Stoppers tip suggested Miranda had traveled to Red Wing, Minn.; the tip then was forwarded to authorities there.
Red Wing, Minn., is located north of La Crosse. Miranda will be held pending extradition back to Green County.
Miranda was in jail for failure to pay child support. He failed to return to jail after he was allowed to go to Pleasant View to look for work at the career center.
Miranda had family in Minnesota, the sheriff's department said.
Mirand was the first of two inmates with Huber privileges to not return to jail in the past month. Johnnie N. Phiffer, 41, walked away from Monroe Clinic on Friday, June 12, but turned himself in three days later to the Dane County Sheriff's Department.