The Telfair County Sheriff’s Department said Sunday that Robert C. Lee, who escaped from the yard Friday afternoon, was captured.
The Sheriff’s Office said Lee, 42, was taken back into custody after he was spotted near Highway 280 and Blankenship Road.
Authorities believed Lee might have been heading to the Jacksonville area because he has family in the area. He was initially arrested in Jacksonville on an armed robbery warrant from Georgia.
Telfair County is about three hours from Jacksonville.
Deputies, U.S. Marshals, Georgia State Patrol and other agencies were looking for Lee.
Records show Lee escaped in 2001 when he was incarcerated for grand theft. Records also show he served prison time in Florida for aggravated battery on a pregnant victim. His most recent charge is uttering forged bills in 2013.
News4Jax spoke with Lee’s mother on Saturday and learned she was on the phone with the Sheriff’s Office Saturday morning. She said she didn’t know his whereabouts.