Police capture two escaped inmates near prison
Jun 11, 2017, 5:28 PM | Updated: Jun 12, 2017, 7:32 am
Update: KIRO 7 reports both inmates were safely apprehended without incident after being located in Capital Forest, approximately six miles north of Cedar Creek Corrections Center. Both men are pending transfer to a state prison facility and medical treatment for minor injuries sustained while escaping.
Original story
Authorities are searching for two inmates who escaped from a minimum-security prison southwest of Olympia.
The Washington Department of Corrections says one of the inmates, 30-year-old Richard Harvell, was serving a 3-and-a-half-year sentence for unlawful possession of a firearm, and the other, 26-year-old Sage Bear, was doing nearly 11 years for manslaughter.
The pair were discovered missing from the Cedar Creek Corrections Center at about 10 p.m. Saturday, about 20 minutes after they escaped. Corrections officials did not immediately say how they escaped.
Bear, who was convicted in King County, had been serving his manslaughter sentence since early 2009. His anticipated release date had been in July 2018.
Harvell, who was convicted in Snohomish County, began serving his sentence in March. His tentative release date was in March 2019.
Both have tattoos above their left eyebrows.
