Madison police arrested a 21-year-old McFarland man Tuesday who the Dane County Sheriff’s Office declared missing Oct. 13.
Dane County detectives and agents from the United States Marshall Service received information Tuesday that Jason Helgestad was located in a parking lot on Madison’s east side, according to Lt. David Karls.
Karls said in a statement sheriffs took Helgestad into custody without incident, and he is currently in the Dane County Jail.
A deputy sheriff reported Helgestad missing after the inmate removed his GPS monitoring device and ran away from a correctional facility he was living in as part of the Pathfinders program, which is an alternative rehabilitative service that provides therapy and education to inmates in order to reduce overcrowding in county jails.
Helgestad currently faces escape charges in addition to a 180-day sentence for retail theft and bail jumping, according to Karls.
