James Timpanaro, the man arrested for allegedly setting fake pipe bombs near a police station, is back in custody after escaping the Buffalo's VA Hospital on Bailey Avenue sometime Saturday night.

According to the FBI, he was found on Dodge Street around 3 p.m.

Timpanaro was arrested and charged with conveying a hoax back in November.

Prosecutors say a week earlier he placed two devices built to look like homemade bombs outside the police station on South Park Avenue. Postal workers found another suspicious device outside their office just down the street the following day.

None of the devices were functional.

The FBI and local police later identified Timpanaro from surveillance video and witness statements. He was also arrested in March 2017 and served six months for sending mail with threatening material.

A spokesperson for the VA hospital said in a statement that additional information could not be provided:

To protect patient privacy, we are unable to confirm or deny if a Veteran is receiving care at VA. In general, we work with local law enforcement in accordance with federal and state regulations. We are unable to hold a person against his/her will unless the person is involuntarily admitted for psychiatric assessment and treatment. Any other course of care, is on a voluntary basis.