DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A person is in custody after escaping from Central State Hospital.
The Dinwiddie County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned Richard Wilson Garrett ran away from hospital employees on Tuesday afternoon whereas they tried to maneuver him from one a part of the hospital to a different.
The sheriff’s workplace put a warrant out for his arrest following the escape and mentioned he had a historical past of assaultive conduct.
On Thursday night, they shared that Garrett had been arrested and is now on the Dinwiddie County Sheriff’s Workplace.
In response to Main William Knot with the sheriff’s workplace, Garrett returned to the hospital campus on Thursday. Upon his arrival, a member of the hospital employees notified the sheriff’s workplace and so they got here to the hospital to arrest him.
They presently have no idea the place Garrett went or what he did whereas he was gone. The sheriff’s workplace remains to be engaged on questioning him.
He now faces a cost for felony escape and will likely be booked on the jail.
Garrett was not harm whereas on the run.
Knott mentioned that Virginia State Police and state gaming fee police helped seek for Garrett.
