Freedom was fleeting for an escapee from the Moccasin Bend Mental Health Facility on Saturday, since he was apprehended a few miles away.
Darrell Lee Carter, 46, was taken into custody at approximately 6:35 p.m. by Chattanooga Police after he walked away from the mental health facility located at 100 Moccasin Bend Road earlier in the day.
According to a press release from the Chattanooga Police Department, Carter had been at Moccasin Bend since August.
Hospital personnel contacted Hamilton County 911 at 3:45 p.m. to report Carter had walked away from their facility.
Carter was recaptured in front of Greenlife Grocery at 301 Manufacturers Road, according to officials.
He is now facing charges of escape from a penal institute.