Current:Home > ScamsTexas inmate serving life in prison for sexual abuse of minor recaptured by authorities-Angel Dreamer Wealth Society D1 Reviews & Insights
Texas inmate serving life in prison for sexual abuse of minor recaptured by authorities
View Date:2024-12-23 23:02:30
AUSTIN, Texas — A convicted sex offender who escaped Sunday from a prison near Houston was captured Monday morning, authorities said.
Robert Dean Yancy Jr., 39, escaped from his cell at the Texas Department of Corrections' Clemens Unit in Brazoria, Texas, on Sunday afternoon. The man fled in a white Nissan Versa with his mother in the car, according to social media posts from the Brazoria County authorities.
Yancy was captured and arrested shortly after 8 a.m. Monday by authorities in Matagorda Country, which is adjacent to Brazoria County on the Gulf of Mexico. Law enforcement officers found Yancy when his license plate was spotted about 110 miles west of Brazoria County, CNN reported.
He is now being charged with felony escape, authorities said. He is being held on a $5 million bond.
Police arrested two other people in connection with his escape. They arrested Yancy's mother, Leonor Priestle, and charged her with permitting and facilitating an escape and also charged Russell Williams, Priestle's boyfriend, with criminal intent to escape, Fox 26 Houston reported.
Yancy was serving a life sentence without parole for the continuous sexual abuse of a child in Victoria County, which is about two hours southeast of San Antonio.
The prison from which Yancy escaped is in Brazoria County, which is just south of Houston and up against the Gulf of Mexico. Its population was just over 372,000 people at the time of the 2020 census.
The Clemens Unit encompasses security levels one through four, which range from allowing prisoners to reside outside security fences to housing prisoners in cells and permitting them to work inside the prison under armed supervision, according to PrisonsInfo.com. It's unclear which security level Yancy was under.
veryGood! (548)
Related
- Just Eat Takeaway sells Grubhub for $650 million, just 3 years after buying the app for $7.3 billion
- The alarming reason why the heat waves in North America, Europe are so intense
- How the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team Captured Our Hearts
- Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' Matilda Date Night Is Sweet as Honey
- Miami Marlins hiring Los Angeles Dodgers first base coach Clayton McCullough as manager
- Travis Barker Pens Heartbreaking Letter to Teen Drummer After His Death
- How John Krasinski's Elevator Ride Led to Emily Blunt’s Oppenheimer Casting
- 3 injured in shooting outside Philadelphia bar, police say
- Prosecutors say some erroneous evidence was given jurors at ex-Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial
- Sink Your Teeth Into These Juicy Secrets About The Vampire Diaries
Ranking
- NBA players express concern for ex-player Kyle Singler after social media post
- You'll Buzz Over Samuel L. Jackson's Gift to Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds for Their 2008 Wedding
- Kylie Jenner Shares BTS Photo From Day of Her Reunion With Jordyn Woods
- Music Legend Tony Bennett Dead at 96
- California teen pleads guilty in Florida to making hundreds of ‘swatting’ calls across the US
- Lindsay Lohan’s Brother Dakota Gushes Over Her “Perfect” Baby Boy
- Camila Cabello’s NSFW Vacation Photos Will Have You Saying My Oh My
- More than 80 million Americans remain under heat alerts
Recommendation
-
Will Trump curb transgender rights? After election, community prepares for worst
-
Saint West Can't Contain His Excitement During Kim Kardashian's Interview at Lionel Messi's MLS Debut
-
Bodybuilder Justyn Vicky Dead at 33 After 450-Pound Barbell Falls on His Neck
-
Check Out the Most Surprising Celeb Transformations of the Week
-
World War II veteran reflects on life as he turns 100
-
Selena Gomez Celebrates 31st Birthday With Paris Hilton, Christina Aguilera and Other Friends
-
Kylie Jenner, Cardi B and More Stars Who've Shared Plastic Surgery Confessions
-
Bodybuilder Justyn Vicky Dead at 33 After 450-Pound Barbell Falls on His Neck