(Nevada County, CA) – The California Department of Corrections reports that the teen inmate who walked away from the Washington Ridge Conservation Camp in Nevada County on the 18th, has now been caught.

18-year-old Malachi Thomas was apprehended at around 10:45 Saturday morning in Fresno and taken to North Kern State Prison. The Appeal-Democrat reports he is serving a 2nd strike sentence of 7 years for assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury, with enhancements for use of a firearm.