A fugitive who fled a California prison over three decades ago was arrested by the U.S. Marshals earlier this month, authorities announced, about 150 miles away from where he escaped. Ronald Keith Harvey, 79, was captured in Nevada City, California, by the U.S. Federal Marshal Fugitive Apprehension Team on June 12, according to a Facebook post by theNevada County Sheriff's Officeandcounty booking records. Harvey escaped from the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, on Jan. 21, 1994,according to KTVU. "There are some people who are better than others at absconding justice and just going on the run," Deputy U.S. Marshal Cruz Moya toldKGO-TV. Moya, who has been in charge of Harvey's case since 2024,told SF Gatethat the federal marshals found Harvey following a data sweep that led to an address associated with the escapee in Nevada City. USA TODAY reached out to the U.S. Marshals Service for a statement on June 17 and did not receive an immediate response. Moya told KTVU that Harvey was serving a 60-month sentence at FCI Dublin for manufacturing marijuana plants. "He wasn't cultivating a small amount. He was arrested with 600-plus plants and firearms. So, it was a pretty big operation that he was running," Moya said to KGO. Marshals toldKGO-TVthat Harvey has about four years left on his original sentence. FCI Dublin was the prison whereFelicity HuffmanandLori Loughlinserved their sentences related to the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal. FCI Dublinclosed in 2024following an Associated Press report on allegedsexual abuse at the prison. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:California fugitive captured three decades after escaping FCI Dublin
