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MILWAUKEE (AP) � A House of Corrections inmate who escaped from a van while traveling to a doctor's appointment is back in custody, according to Milwaukee police.

Martin Williams, 23, overpowered an officer while getting out of the van at a medical center Wednesday morning, said Jeffrey Mayer, assistant superintendent of the House of Corrections. Williamsn later shed his orange jail jumpsuit.
Police found Williams about 5 p.m. when he ran from a vehicle. He was caught after a brief foot chase.

Williams had been in the House of Corrections since May 8 on a charge of armed robbery with threat of force, Mayer said.

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