20-year-old fugitive arrested after escaping custody at SEA Airport
Escaped fugitive from Sea-Tac Airport arrested
A 20-year-old who escaped from Department of Corrections officers while being transported through Sea-Tac Airport has been arrested in Tacoma.
SEATTLE - A prisoner who escaped custody while being transported through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport was tracked down and arrested by authorities Wednesday.
The Washington Department of Corrections said 20-year-old John Nino ran from officers while at SEA Airport on Tuesday, escaping around Highway 99. After putting out an alert, a citizen reported seeing Nino in the passenger seat of a car in King County on Wednesday around 3:40 p.m.
ATF agents, corrections officers and sheriff's deputies followed Nino to Tacoma and arrested him around 4:20 p.m.
What we know:
Law enforcement were searching for 20-year-old John Nino. He allegedly ran from two Washington Department of Corrections officers while on the fourth floor of the airport garage, and headed towards the SeaTac light rail station.
According to SEA Airport, Nino escaped after running across the pedestrian bridge on the east side of the station towards International Boulevard. He was last spotted around 8 p.m. crossing the railroad tracks and heading towards Highway 99.
Port of Seattle Police and Department of Corrections (DOC) officers searched the area, but did not find Nino.
Nino is described as 6'2", 154 lbs, and was last seen wearing a red coat and gray sweatpants.
The backstory:
Nino was on community supervision for second-degree robbery, and was transported back to Washington after being arrested in New Mexico several days ago, according to the DOC.
This comes after another fugitive escaped custody while being transported through Sea-Tac Airport earlier this year. Sedric Stevenson was on the run for over a month after running from two bounty hunters, and also escaped towards the SeaTac light rail station.
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The Source: Information in this story came from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the Washington State Department of Corrections and previous FOX 13 Seattle reporting.
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