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Damion Blevins, 33, was arrested outside a Portland, Oregon,
convenience store after a three-day search and will be
extradited back to Washington, the Seattle Times reported.
Blevins was convicted in 2017 of second-degree assault on a
woman and was deemed a “sexually violent predator," according to
the newspaper. He was civilly committed to a barbed
wire-ensconced treatment facility on McNeil Island, about 14
miles (22.5 kilometers) southwest of Tacoma, Washington. He had
recently been granted court permission to live in less
restrictive conditions in a Tukwila neighborhood.
The Department of Corrections and the Department of Social and
Health Services will investigate what went wrong.
Department of Corrections spokesperson Christopher Wright said
the agency is gathering details on what happened since he was
last seen Monday at a Seattle station, where he likely took a
train to Portland.
The incident is among the more severe lapses in supervision of
community housing placements in recent years, the newspaper
reported.
No attorney for Blevins was listed in court or jail records. He
is scheduled for an arraignment hearing Monday in Portland.
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