Inmate who escaped from southern Colorado correctional complex caught, police say

The Colorado Department of Corrections says 34-year-old Leaf Glimpse, a "minimum restrictive inmate" who escaped from a Cañon City prison complex, has been caught.

CDOC said Monday morning that Glimpse escaped from the Arrowhead Correctional Center while serving an eight-year sentence for burglary. He was caught around 6 p.m., the department later said.

According to court records, no new criminal case exists. CDOC did not mention a new criminal case for the alleged escape, but escaping from custody in Colorado typically means a new felony charge.

Glimpse pleaded guilty to felony second-degree burglary in January in Mesa County. The plea dismissed a theft and second burglary charge, court records show.

Court records also show over a dozen separate criminal cases across western Colorado going back to 2007. Those include third-degree assault and second-degree arson convictions out of Montrose County, a trespassing conviction out of Gunnison County, providing alcohol to a minor and burglary and theft convictions out of Delta County.

According to CDOC alerts in the last few years, two people escaped from custody in 2023, one escaped in 2022, two escaped in 2021; all were considered "minimum security" inmates and three of those -- including Glimpse -- escaped from the Cañon City complex.