Teen boy who escaped from Nampa juvenile corrections facility back in custody

A 15-year-old boy who escaped from the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections facility in Nampa on Saturday has been found and taken into custody, according to an IDJC press release.

Paul Herman Hendrix called Garden City Police Department around 8:30 a.m. on Sunday to turn himself in. He was taken into custody in the 4400 block of West Chinden.

He’s scheduled for a court appearance on Tuesday.

Hendrix went missing around noon on Saturday, May 27. It’s still not clear how he escaped, and police did not say where exactly he had been or where they think the teenager may have been headed.

Hendrix was convicted in March 2016 of arson, criminal conspiracy and petit theft in Payette County. His conspiracy and arson charges stem from a February 2016 fire that burned down Payette High School principal Mark Heleker’s house. Hendrix was a middle school student at the time; the other three boys convicted in the case were high school students.