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HAMILTON, N.J. (AP) -- Authorities have captured an inmate who walked away from a minimum security prison farm in Ewing.

Corrections Department spokesman Deidre Fedkenheuer tells The Times of Trenton Eloy Sanchez was found in nearby Hamilton on Tuesday afternoon.

Authorities say the 27-year-old walked away from Jones Farm on Sunday.

Sanchez began serving a one-year sentence for robbery on Jan. 30. A parole hearing that was scheduled for October will be canceled and Sanchez could face an additional five years in prison because of the escape.

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