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The Honolulu Advertiser
Updated at 7:09 p.m., Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Maui prison escapee captured

Advertiser Staff

Hawaii news photo - The Honolulu Advertiser

Gary Stephen Arrojo

Courtesy Hawai‘i Criminal Justice Data Center

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State sheriff's deputies and Maui police today arrested escapee Gary Stephen Arrojo in Wailuku on Lower Waiehu Beach Road at 3:17 p.m.

Arrojo, 45, was arrested without incident at a homeless encampment, police said.

Arrojo was located by authorities following a tip.

Arrojo escaped from Maui Community Correctional Center at 7:12 p.m. Sunday. He was being held at the facility in lieu of $5,000 bail while awaiting trial for felony shoplifting.