Inmate recaptured after escape in Portland city truck
03:50 PM PDT on Wednesday, June 25, 2008
PORTLAND, Ore. -- A convicted thief was recaptured after escaping an inmate work crew in a City of Portland truck in North Portland Wednesday.
Portland police
It happened as the crew was working on N. Columbia Blvd.
Sgt. Brian Schmautz said 29-year-old Scotty Lee Jackson was working at the wastewater treatment facility when he disappeared before an inmate headcount.
A Woodburn police officer spotted him around 2 p.m. and made an arrest, police said.
Jackson was serving time for ID theft out of Clackamas County.
He has a history of ID theft, drugs, property crimes, attempt to elude and resisting arrest, but generally non-violent crimes, police said.
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