State sheriff's deputies assisted by Maui police yesterday arrested escapee Gary Stephen Arrojo at Waiehu Beach Park.

Arrojo, 45, escaped from Maui Community Correctional Center at 7:12 p.m. Sunday. He was being held at the facility in lieu of $5,000 bail while awaiting trial for felony shoplifting.

State Public Safety spokeswoman Louise Kim McCoy said Arrojo was captured after a chase at 3:20 p.m. He had apparently set up a campsite at the beach park, Kim McCoy said.

At about 2:15 p.m., sheriff's deputies had been questioning a man and woman suspected of assisting Arrojo. The woman was arrested on outstanding warrants, while the man is facing charges for hindering prosecution.