Escaped DOC inmate arrested by authorities in Baton Rouge

Nearly 24 hours after his escape, authorities apprehended an inmate who escaped from a work release.

Around 4:45 p.m. Wednesday, Shawn Andrew Simien, 34, was arrested after jumping from an inmate transport van Tuesday, a spokesperson for the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office said.

Authorities said Simien, a Department of Corrections inmate, was found in an empty building next to Maplewood in Baton Rouge’s Glen Oaks neighborhood.

Sheriff’s Office officials thanked the Louisiana State Police Fugitive Task Force and also credited the agency’s detectives, its Gang Intelligence and Enforcement Unit and its K9 unit for the Simien’s arrest.

Simien will be arrested and charged with simple escape, a sheriff’s office spokesperson said.