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Norton Correctional Facility escapee, Samuel (Sam) Lee Dartez II, was apprehended in Riley County approximately three hours after escaping from Norton Correctional Facility-East Unit, located in Stockton. Saturday evening, March 10, at approximately 7:10 p.m., staff from the Stockton facility verified that Dartez had escaped from custody. Prior to being incarcerated at the facility, Dartez was convicted in Riley County of two counts of criminal damage to property and one count of possession with intent to sell drugs. Dartez was with a group of prisoners who was playing basketball at the high school that evening. A female acquaintance of his had visited him at the correctional facility earlier that day. Dartez walked away from the school, met up with the female and they drove to Riley County. Dartez was scheduled to be released on December 26, 2007.