A man convicted of sex crimes in Wichita, Kansas, who escaped from prison in Lansing last month is back in custody. Officials say Gary L. Furthmyer, 59, was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon in Kansas City, Kansas.

Furthmyer escaped from his job assignment at the Lansing Correctional Facility’s steam plant on April 18.

Furthmyer was serving a six- to 25-year sentence on a 1985 Sedgwick County conviction for indecent liberties with a child and aggravated failure to appear.