FBI Captures Fugitive Dyess Airman in the Metroplex

ABILENE, TX – The Dyess Airman that escaped custody was captured by the FBI Wednesday. 

As first reported, on April 22, officers with the Abilene Police Department and Taylor County Deputies were dispatched to the Hampton Hills area, just southwest of Dyess AFB, to assist Dyess security personnel in searching for an armed suspect who had just jumped over the perimeter fence. Here is the story: Police Searching for Armed Suspect Near Air Force Base

Now the the Air Force Office of Special Investigations tells KTXS, Airman First Class Erland Injerd was successfully taken into custody Wednesday after avoiding capture for over two weeks.

Injured will be held in pretrial confinement at the Taylor County Detention Center, pending trial by court martial, according to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations.