Lansing Correctional inmate caught less than 12 hours after escape
LANSING, Kan. — An inmate who escaped the Lansing Correctional Facility on Sunday night was caught Monday morning.
According to Lansing Correctional Facility, 54-year-old Bradley Verstraete was placed on “escape status” around 9 p.m. Sunday after it was reported that he walked away from the prison.
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He was serving an 8.5-year prison sentence for attempted murder and aggravated assault on a police officer in 2017 in Pratt County.
Verstraete was a minimum security inmate at the time of his escape. The correctional facility officials say this did not impact the security within the medium-maximum part of the prison.
He was arrested by Lansing police Monday and is back in the custody of the Kansas Department of Corrections.
