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Police: Security lapses helped dangerous patient escape WA psychiatric hospital

A man who escaped from Western State Hospital two weeks ago and was considered dangerous has been arrested.Joshua Dylan Rice, 45, broke out of the hospital in Lakewood around 8 p.m. on March 31, according to Clark County Jail news release. Charging documents show a Lakewood officer was dispatched to the facility the next day at about 10:15 a.m.Rice was facing criminal charges in Clark County for first-degree robbery, first-degree assault and the…

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