State corrections officials say 44-year-old Mark Edward Lucas turned himself in Tuesday morning to authorities in Shawnee County.
Lucas escaped Saturday afternoon and authorities had said he likely was traveling to Topeka.
Lucas’ latest convictions were for shoplifting from at Topeka Walmart store, where he had been permanently banned for previous thefts.
Lucas had made guilty or no contest pleas to resolve 19 previous theft cases before his latest conviction. A judge called him a “serial shoplifter.”
Before his last sentencing, he blamed his struggles on crack cocaine.