Felon found, captured after leaving Atlanta transitional facility
A felon is back in custody after he walked away from a transitional facility last week, officials said.
Micheal Lamar Dais, 41, was “recaptured without incident” in Atlanta about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, the Georgia Department of Corrections said in a tweet.
Authorities had been looking for Dais since he left the Atlanta Transitional Center on June 22. Records show he is serving a 12-year sentence for robbery out of Chatham County. He was not scheduled to be released until October 2022.
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The Atlanta Transitional Center prepares “adult male felons who are nearing the end of their incarceration to assume responsible citizenship,” according to the facility’s website.
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Asia Simone Burns is a watchdog reporter for the AJC. Burns was formerly an intern in AJC’s newsroom and now writes about crime. She is a graduate of Samford University and has previously reported for NPR and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR member station.
