Walpole police issued a public safety alert saying the state Department of Correction is attempting to locate an inmate — 72-year-old Kevin Michael O’Brien — who walked away from the Pondville Correctional Center in Norfolk.
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A man who escaped a Massachusetts prison on Tuesday was back in custody hours later, police said.
"Kevin O’Brien, the inmate who walked away from Pondville Correctional Center this morning, has been LOCATED and is IN CUSTODY," Walpole police said in a Facebook post that also thanked the public for helping to raise awareness while O'Brien was at large.
It wasn't immediately clear how he was caught after walking away from the Pondville Correctional Center in Norfolk.
This is a breaking news update. Read an earlier version of this story below.
Police in multiple area communities are searching for an inmate who escaped from a Massachusetts prison on Tuesday.
Walpole police issued a public safety alert on Facebook shortly before 1 p.m., saying the Massachusetts Department of Correction is attempting to locate an inmate who walked away from the Pondville Correctional Center, a minimum-security facility on Industries Drive in Norfolk.
The inmate, 72-year-old Kevin Michael O'Brien, is described as 5'7" tall, with a stocky build and blue eyes. He is partly bald, with white hair. He was last seen wearing a black windbreaker, blue jeans, white sneakers, black glasses and a baseball cap. His direction of travel from the rear of the prison is not known.
The Department of Correction said O'Brien was last seen on the grounds of the prison around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. Officials at the facility conducting a routine check discovered he had not returned around 11 a.m. Video footage viewed by investigators showed him leaving the track area of the facility and walking into the nearby woods around 10 a.m.
There is an increased law enforcement presence in the area, including state and local police, K9s and drones, and anyone who sees O'Brien is asked to call 911 immediately.
