The suspect who gave authorities the slip at Sea-Tac and rode light rail into the city where he was last seen still handcuffed making his escape from Capitol Hill Station was tracked down and taken into custody this week in a First Hill apartment.

The U.S. Marshals announced the arrest but the Seattle Police Department says it was their detectives assigned to the federal task force who busted Sedrick Stevenson on Wednesday at the building in the 1400 block of Madison.

Stevenson had been on the run since his May 5th escape from the airport where he was in the custody of a private Prisoner Transport Services contractor for warrants out of Kentucky.

Stevenson was on the lam in the area for weeks.

“This arrest reflects strong cooperation between SPD and the U.S. Marshals Task Force to ensure that escaped fugitives wanted on out-of-state warrants are safely and swiftly apprehended,” SPD said in a statement.

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