A convicted attempted murderer who escaped a halfway house in Mount Laurel has been captured.

New Jersey Department of Corrections Special Investigation Division apprehended Edward Berbon, 54, Friday in Camden after he failed to report to a residential community release program.

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Police say Berbon never returned from his job over the weekend.

Berbon served 18 years of his sentence and was scheduled to be released in February, according to police.