Grimes County inmate who escaped Austin psychiatric hospital captured in N. Houston
McArthur Deashy Mathis (Grimes County Sheriff's Office)
HOUSTON – Nearly a week after escaping from an Austin psychiatric hospital, an inmate from Grimes County has been captured in Houston.
The Grimes County Sheriff’s Office says McArthur Deashy Mathis was captured around 1:30 p.m. near I-45 and West Road by the US Marshal’s Gulf Coast Violent Offenders & Fugitive Task Force.
Mathis escaped from the Cross Creek Psychiatric and Addiction Hospital in Austin on May 28.
Mathis has charges which include unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon causing serious bodily injury to a family member, obstruction or retaliation, deadly conduct, and burglary of a habitation. He is also a registered sex offender.
The sheriff’s office says Mathis is being transported back to the Grimes County Jail.
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About the Author Christian Terry covered digital news in Tyler and Wichita Falls before returning to the Houston area where he grew up. He is passionate about weather and the outdoors and often spends his days off on the water fishing.
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