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Inmate who walked away from Las Vegas work crew captured

A woman serving time in state prison walked away from a work crew Tuesday before being captured an hour later.

At around 3 p.m., Emily Moya, 30, was missing from the area of Dean Martin Drive and Tropicana Avenue while working with the Nevada Division of Forestry, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.

Moya is a minimum-security offender from Jean Conservation Camp, a minimum-security state prison. She is serving time for burglary and for obtaining or using the identifying information of another person.

Moya was found at around 4 p.m., according to the corrections department.

Contact David Wilson at dwilson@reviewjournal.com. Follow @davidwilson_RJ on Twitter.

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