A 22-year-old man was captured yesterday and charged with escaping from a center where he was undergoing treatment for alcohol abuse.

Larry Adams, who was sentenced last year to treatment at HUB Centre Inc. in Spring Township following an indecent sexual assault arrest in State College, led the Rockview state police on a four-hour search yesterday.

Adams had allegedly walked away from the center around noon without any food or money, police said.

Police apprehended Adams in DuBois about 4 p.m. He was charged with escape and arraigned before District Justice Clifford Yorks. He remains lodged in Centre County Prison in lieu of $5,000 bond, a prison spokesman said.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. Wednesday.