SAFFORD, Ariz. (AP) - A state prison inmate who escaped from a work crew near Safford prison’s sewage pond is back in custody.
The Department of Corrections says a chase team found Juan Nunley hiding in an irrigation ditch in a vacant lot next to a storage facility in Safford on Thursday.
Nunley walked away from the crew Wednesday while serving a seven-year sentence at the minimum-security prison on Pima County convictions for theft and attempting to traffic in in stolen property.
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