Inmate captured after escaping Tarrant County laundry facility, officials say; second escapee in as many days

The laundry facility is located in the 5400 block of Resource Drive in southeast Fort Worth off Southeast Loop 820.

FORT WORTH, Texas — A Tarrant County inmate was captured after escaping from a sheriff’s office laundry facility Tuesday afternoon, officials said.

The laundry facility is located in the 5400 block of Resource Drive in southeast Fort Worth off Southeast Loop 820. The inmate was confirmed to be at-large shortly before 1:30 p.m. and was then reported to be captured about 10 minutes later, according to the sheriff’s office.

More details were not immediately available. 

It was the second escaped inmate in as many days for the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office.

Tarrant County deputies found inmate Carlos Romero on the grounds of a mobile home manufacturing company after an extensive search Monday. Authorities said Romero escaped earlier in the day while being transported.

Sheriff Bill Waybourn explained that Romero managed to escape during transport around 11:45 a.m. Monday.

“He is a little fella, and once on the van, the best information I have right now is that he was able to slip out of the cuffs, jimmy the door, and he left the van,” Waybourn said.

The escape triggered a manhunt that lasted more than two hours. Deputies had just picked Romero up at the Green Bay Facility in North Fort Worth before he escaped.