An 18-year-old who escaped from a Kearney hospital and is suspected of assaulting a Buffalo County sheriff's deputy during an attempted escape has been apprehended in Gering.

Scotts Bluff County Sheriff Jim Lawson says Steven Brandes was arrested Monday afternoon without incident while hiding in an apartment.

Brandes is accused of assaulting a Buffalo County Sheriff's deputy Friday while being transported from Lincoln to Kearney.

The deputy -- the only other person in the van -- was treated at a Grand Island hospital for minor injuries.

Brandes, who was not injured, was taken to a Kearney hospital where he escaped Saturday morning and was on the run until Monday.

Brandes was arrested in Lincoln last week after an earlier escape from authorities in Buffalo County. He twice eluded Lincoln Police before they were able to arrest him. He had initially been arrested for leaving the state's Work Ethic Camp in McCook.