HOUSTON - A sex offender who escaped an Austin psychiatric hospital is back in custody, according to the Grimes County Sheriff's Office.

McArthur Mathis had been on the run since escaping Austin’s Cross Creek Psychiatric and Addiction Hospital on May 28.

McArthur Mathis arrest

What we know:

McArthur Mathis was arrested just after 1:30 p.m. in Houston, near I-45 and West Road, according to the Grimes County Sheriff's Office.

The arrest was made by the U.S. Marshal's Gulf Coast Violent Offenders & Fugitive Task Force.

Mathis is being transported to the Grimes County Jail.

Sheriff Donald G. Sowell thanked the media for their coverage, saying tips from the public helped land Mathis in custody.

"The coverage and tips to the local and other area Crime Stoppers was a factor in this ar

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