JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — A 37-year-old inmate who walked out of the Jefferson County Detention Center while he was in the process of being booked on Friday is back in custody.
Richard Trevithick was in custody on suspicion of failure to appear and two traffic-related offenses – driving under revocation and driving under restraint (alcohol-related) – and for theft. He was not charged with any crime of violence, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office (JCSO).
He was transported to the Jeffco jail from the Douglas County jail on Friday, a JCSO spokesperson said.
The transport was unloaded, and the inmates were taken into a lobby area. Trevithick's restraints were removed for a body scan and weren't put back on as they should have been.
He then walked out of the lobby area, across a parking garage and away from the jail, the spokesperson said.
The spokesperson said this is the first time something like this has happened there.
He boarded a light rail train at 12:25 p.m. Friday. A Lookout Alert was sent to the area directly around the jail.
On Saturday, JCSO tweeted that Trevithick was in custody again after a patrol deputy located him and convinced him to turn himself in, then picked him up Saturday afternoon. He now faces an additional charge of escape.
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