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Officers arrest inmate who walked away from Kansas correctional facility

Officers arrest inmate who walked away from Kansas correctional facility

A 52-year-old minimum-custody inmate who walked away from Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility Sunday has been apprehended. Authorities say Ronald Smith was reported missing around 8:05 Sunday morning when he couldn't be located at his work assignment at the Larned State Hospital.

The Kansas Department of Corrections agents, Kansas Highway Patrol, Pawnee County Sheriff, Stafford County Sheriff, and Larned State Hospital Security, apprehended Smith at approximately 7:25 p.m. Sunday. 


Smith is serving a sentence for a 2018 Reno conviction for possession of opiates, opium, narcotic drugs, flee or elude a law enforcement officer, theft, and burglary.