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Police detain absconded civil offender near 15th and WesternTopeka KS

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SW Western Ave & SW 15th St, Topeka, KS 66604

According to the dispatch call, police found and detained a person identified as an absconded civil-45 offender near 15th and Western. The individual was possibly armed according to earlier reports. The person is under supervised relief and registered with local correctional authorities.

Audio|Heard on: Shawnee County Sheriff
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02:32
Transcript:
00:00
Yeah, their emergency response is going to be Frank Hughes and all item to the goal.
00:03
I already did.
00:07
I'll get my bed.
00:12
74 out with 41.
00:16
255 hours.
00:21
Was he wearing blue jeans by the gym?
00:26
I can't remember.
00:28
He is in the call.
00:31
It's Frank Houston.
00:32
The only thing that I really remember is he had a blue jacket and blue du rag on.
00:39
Emergency response with a blue hoodie, black du rag on 15th and Western.
00:45
Yeah,
00:46
I'd say you have enough to talk to him?
00:49
I'll talk to.
00:52
We'll wait for more traffic?
00:58
DCHR, I got him.
01:01
Two,
01:03
Four units back, 15th and Western?
01:06
Four.
01:07
I asked any units back 15th and Western? Thirty-four foot.
01:12
Thank you.
01:14
34 Cito 141 we have your Frank Houston here 104 if you just want to bring him to the alleyway over here.
01:25
Timmer did he have a signal one on him negative I don't know if matters or not but he has a blue battery to a vape now that code two is talking about a vape.
01:39
10 4 she was seeing that he had a gun so she just checked the immediate area where you guys saw him first 10 441 or 434 okay uh check in you know if it's uh you 1012 okay.
02:06
Checking him, if it is Frank Edward Houston, 216 to 72, looks like a Civil-45 offender that's absconded from the Winfield Correctional Facility.
02:18
It's an NCIC as an absconder.
02:21
Acknowledged, thank you.
02:24
And he's under probation, supervised relief status, and also just listed as a Civil-45 offender out of Shawnee County Department of Correction.

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SW Western Ave & SW 15th St, Topeka, KS 66604

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