Work Release Offender Escapes, Caught 5 Days Later

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Story Published: May 28, 2009 at 5:17 PM PST

By Sade Malloy

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Yakima -- As one offender is put behind bars, another escapes.

Billy Garner was at the Ahtanum View work release program, a partial confinement facility. Garner had a pass to go to Wal-Mart Saturday but never came back. He was arrested Wednesday in Ritzville, but we were just told about it Thursday, which made us a little nervous. "It is our policy and procedure to notify the public about prison escapes, so the key here is to recognize the difference between an escape from a prison and an escape from a work release facility."

Department of Corrections tells us Garner will not return to the work release program. He'll now go to prison, which would mean it is policy to let us know if he gets away from there.

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