A detainee who had escaped on May 23rd during a transfer was arrested in Aubenas, Ardeche, while he was riding on a stolen scooter, it was reported Wednesday at the prosecutor's office, which confirms information from the regional newspaper Le Dauphiné .
Gilles Lepage, who was incarcerated in the prison of Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone, in the Hérault, had enjoyed last month a "pee break" during his transfer to the court of Alès, in the Gard, for s' to escape without violence. According to a source close to the investigation, he would have made the beautiful handcuffed.
Spotted during a traffic control
In spite of an important mobilization of the gendarmerie and the diffusion of a call to witness, the researches undertaken to find it were until now remained vain. It was finally spotted Monday on the occasion of a control of the circulation.
This thirty was summoned to the courthouse of Ales for burglaries in series. If it was not his first time in prison, he was not considered a particularly dangerous prisoner. According to a penitentiary source, the man had not returned in time after a leave of absence for Christmas 2017.