<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <docID>337789</docID> <postdate>2025-02-07 11:59:35</postdate> <headline>South coast escapee arrested in Braddon car park</headline> <body><p><img class="size-full wp-image-337612" src="https://citynews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/escapee.jpeg" alt="" width="570" height="382" /></p> <caption>Arrested in Braddon... NSW escapee David Johnson.</caption> <p><strong>The man who escaped from a correctional facility on the south coast last week has been arrested in a Braddon car park.</strong></p> <p>David Johnson, 44, was last seen on The Links Road, South Nowra, on the morning of January 29.</p> <p>ACT police arrested him following reports of a man acting suspiciously in the underground carpark of an apartment block in Dooring Street, Braddon, at about 4.30am on Friday.</p> <p>Johnson was arrested in the stairwell and taken to the ACT Watchhouse where he remains, pending extradition to NSW.</p> <p> </p> </body>