Work Crew Inmate Back in Custody After Walking Away from Work Detail at U of I

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A minimum security inmate who’d been assigned to a work crew on the University of Idaho campus was apprehended last (Tue) night in Pullman after walking away.

Authorities had issued an evacuation order for Theophilus Tower following a report from a witness who advised a man was hiding in a closet.

34-year-old Wayland Savage had been part of a work crew on the Moscow campus.

Moscow Police, along with Pullman Police and Whitman County Regional SWAT searched the campus near Theophilus Tower into the evening.

Around 8:30 p.m., Savage was located and apprehended by police in Pullman.

Savage was originally serving time for burglary and grand theft charges.

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