Robert Thornley/DNSO

Previously:

• Inmate Walks Away From Del Norte County Jail

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Robert Thornley, who escaped from the Del Norte County Jail in June, was rearrested on Friday, according to the Del Norte County Sheriff's Office.

In a Facebook post, the sheriff's office stated:

We've missed you...

You may remember a post from not so long ago announcing that one of our prisoners at the Del Norte https://apps.rackspace.com/a/webmail.php?wsid=78b3ff143b8641df83c777ac2be07d10-b039514215e54272ba6096d1a2da1209County Jail decided to take an early leave from custody.

We are happy to report that Mr. Thornley will be returning to Del Norte County with special thanks to the Medford, Oregon, US Marshall's Fugitive Task Force and the Carson City Police Department.

He was reported to be wearing a wig and living under an alias, supported by what appeared to be valid state identification.

We are excited to see him return. It goes without saying he is no longer a candidate to be on a prisoner work crew.

Thornley had been working in the laundry services. DNSO stated Thornley may have secured a change of clothes and posed as a maintenance worker to escape.

He had been in jail since May 5 on drug charges, resisting arrest and outstanding warrants for illegal possession of a firearm and possession of stolen property.

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