Escaped Grimes County inmate McArthur Deashy Mathis was caught in North Houston. The US Marshal's Gulf Coast Violent Offenders & Fugitive Task Force arrested him around 1:30 p.m. near I-45 and West Road, ending a multi-agency manhunt, as reported by Click2Houston.
Mathis, who has previous charges including unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, escaped from Cross Creek Psychiatric and Addiction Hospital in Austin on May 28. The Grimes County Sheriff's Office said he is a registered sex offender. He is now being transported back to Grimes County Jail.
Mathis was found at a local Petco with a woman who had also been at the hospital; she was not charged. A tip to Crime Stoppers helped authorities locate Mathis after someone recognized him. “The cooperative and tireless efforts of the law enforcement at the Austin Police Dept. working in unison with the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force in Austin and the investigators of the GCSO helped coordinate this manhunt to a successful arrest,” the Grimes County Sheriff's Office said, according to ABC13.
