OTTAWA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas authorities say a sexual predator has been recaptured 12 days after he didn't return to a mental health facility.

The Miami County Sheriff's office said 38-year-old Jason Michael Hale was taken into custody Friday in Ottawa.

The Kansas City Star reports Hale was convicted of sexually assaulting a 5-year-old boy in Shawnee County in 2006. He was later found to be a sexually violent predator and committed to Larned State Hospital.

He was living at a transitional housing unit at the Osawatomie State Hospital. The sheriff says he didn't return after being dropped off at...