Trent Thompson was taken back into custody on Sunday. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)
PLAINVIEW, Texas – A Texas escaped inmate convicted of violent crimes was back in custody on Sunday.
Trent Thompson, 22, was convicted of three counts of aggravated robbery and an aggravated assault on a public servant in Coleman County. He was last seen around 11:14 p.m. on Saturday at the Formby Unit in Plainview, Texas in the northwest part of the state. He was recaptured in Coleman, Texas, about 250 miles from the prison, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
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