Man Who Escaped From Oregon Prison Back Behind Bars

Clinton Swearingen was arrested Friday near the Pioneer Courthouse in downtown Portland.

31-year-old Clinton Orvill Swearingen II. Photo Courtesy: Multnomah County Detention Center

(PORTLAND, Ore. ) - An inmate who escaped May 4, from Deer Ridge Correctional Institution in Madras, Oregon is now in custody in the Multnomah County Detention Center.

Law enforcement officials arrested 31-year-old Clinton Orvill Swearingen II on Friday evening at approximately 7:36 p.m. on charges of disorderly conduct in the second degree, failure to obey a police officer, and resisting arrest.

Swearingen entered DOC custody on Feb. 4, 2014, on one count of theft in the first degree, two counts of burglary in the second degree, and two counts of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle out of Linn County. His earliest release date was Dec. 10, 2017.

Source: Oregon Department of Corrections

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