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Escaped prisoner arrested in Auburn

Oct 13, 2026, 2:20 PM | Updated: 2:35 pm

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Prisoner Zaquai Zekia McCray was arrested in Auburn after escaping law enforcement. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Corrections)

(Photo courtesy of the Department of Corrections)

An escaped prisoner was arrested in Auburn.

Tacoma police and the Department of Corrections (DOC) were searching for Zaquai Zekia McCray after he escaped from a work crew near E 29th St. and Duct Cho St.

The escape happened about 12:30 p.m. near the Puyallup River. DOC personnel and Tacoma officers searched the surrounding area.

McCray was located in Auburn around 2 p.m. He is incarcerated at Cedar Creek Corrections Center, a minimum-security facility in Littlerock, an unincorporated community in Thurston County.

McCray was convicted of second-degree robbery and first-degree burglary. He was set to be released from prison on Sept. 2, 2029, according to a news release from DOC.

 

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