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Minimum-security Inmate Missing Since October Arrested

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A state prison inmate who walked away from a minimum-security prison in Rapid City last October is back in custody.

The state Department of Corrections says Jay Dooley was arrested by federal authorities earlier this week.

Dooley walked away from the Rapid City Minimum Unit on Oct. 22, 2014. He had been serving a three-year sentence for damaging property in Pennington County.

He is currently in custody in the Pennington County Jail.