The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office reports a Washington State man was arrested Saturday on an escape charge. 22-year old John Walker, of Goldendale, WA, was arrested in the 200 block of Pearl Street in Bedford, on a active warrant from the Washington State Department of Corrections, for Escape from Custody on an original charge of Possession of a Controlled Substance.

Walker was being held at the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office until he is extradited to the state of Washington.