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Update: Escaped Summit County inmate found and returned to jail

Akron man Ransom H. Moffit, 55, walked away while on a work detail, authorities said.
Credit: Summit County Sheriff's Office

CLEVELAND — The Summit County Sheriff's Office says they have found an inmate who "walked away from a work detail."

The update comes after authorities said they were looking for 55-year-old Ransom H. Moffit on Sunday.

He has since been returned to the county jail.

A post on the department's Facebook page said Moffit had previously been booked into Summit County Jail on charges of drug possession and receiving stolen property. 

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