Inmate who escaped WA's Monroe Correctional Complex in custody
MONROE, Wash. - An escaped prisoner who fled the Monroe Correctional Complex on Thursday night is now in custody.
What we know:
Samuel Evans Kimble, 28, escaped from the prison’s minimum security unit at 10:53 p.m., according to the Department of Corrections (DOC). Officials determined he was missing after a formal count at 3:30 a.m. and immediately restricted movement to search the grounds.
Samuel Evans Kimble escaped from the minimum security unit at the Monroe Correctional Complex. (Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC))
At about 12:15 p.m., Kimble was found at the Lynnwood Transit Station after DOC’s Community Response Unit (CRU) along with the Snohomish Violent Offender Task Force (VOTF), received a number of tips from the public.
He was taken into custody.
Samuel Evans Kimble arrested (Washington State Department of Corrections)
Kimble is currently serving a 27-month sentence for a domestic violence court order violation and assault out of Snohomish County.
He was scheduled to be released Jan. 5, 2027.
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The Source: Information in this story came from the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC).