'Little Houdini' Arrested in Florida

ATLANTA (MyFOX ATLANTA) - A notorious escape artist known as "Little Houdini" was captured in Florida Monday. Christopher Daniel Gay escaped custody near Kennesaw State University on March 3.

The 34-year-old Gay's escape prompted Kennesaw State University officials to place the campus on lockdown.

Gay, who was wanted in Coffee County, Tenn. on charges he stole a Wal-Mart truck, escaped when the deputy transporting him there from Orlando, Fla., stopped at a Waffle House.

Cobb County police spokesman Sgt. Dana Pierce said Gay apparently broke out of his restraints.

Cobb County police confirmed Gay triggered several multi-state manhunts before.

In 2007, Gay escaped from a prison transport van in South Carolina. Police said Gay stole several vehicles including a Wal-Mart 18-wheeler to get to Tennessee and his sick mother. Scared off by police near his mother's home, Gay allegedly made off with singer Crystal Gayle's tour bus in Nashville before finally being caught with the bus at a NASCAR race in Florida.