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UPDATED: Escaped Inmate Captured in Holyoke

Juan Lugo, an inmate at Pondville Correctional Center in Norfolk, was captured in Holyoke Friday evening after escaping for a work detail earlier in the day.

Holyoke Police confirmed they captured Juan Lugo, an inmate at the Pondville Correctional Center in Norfolk, Friday evening. 

The 46-year-old male walked away from a work detail in Norfolk at about 11:15 a.m. Friday.

Lugo, who is doing time for armed robbery, is from Holyoke and his last known address was in Chicopee, according to Walpole Deputy Police Chief John Carmichael.

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Walpole PD sent out a reverse 9-1-1 to residents informing them of the situation.

Boyden School was temporarily locked down earlier today and all schools were released as usual.

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