US Marshals Return Escaped Psychiatric Patient Caught In Stockton Back To Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. marshals say they've brought a man who escaped from a Hawaii psychiatric hospital back to the islands from California.
Randall Saito faces escape charges stemming from his unauthorized departure from Hawaii State Hospital in November.
The agency said in a statement Wednesday that Saito returned to an undisclosed location on Oahu.
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The state attorney general's office says Saito is being held at Oahu Community Correctional Center unless he posts $500,000 bail. If he posts bail, he'll be taken back to Hawaii State Hospital.
Saito walked out of the suburban Honolulu hospital and took a taxi to the airport. Police arrested him in Stockton, California, three days later.
Saito was acquitted of murder by reason of insanity in the 1979 killing of Sandra Yamashiro.