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Officials capture inmate who briefly escaped prison south of Houston

"Patterson is a probationer out of Harris County serving a nine-month sentence for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon," the TDCJ said.

ROSHARON, Texas — The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) says an inmate who escaped from a prison south of Houston was captured Tuesday morning.

According to the TDCJ, Calvin Lee Patterson, 23, before being caught, he was last seen at approximately 4 a.m., at the Stringfellow Unit in Rosharon. He was then taken into custody around 9 am.

"Patterson is a probationer out of Harris County serving a nine-month sentence for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon," the TDCJ said. 

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