( CNN ) -- A Texas inmate escaped from a prison van near Houston after pulling a gun on two guards who were transporting him between prisons , according to a Texas prison statement Monday . Arcade Joseph Comeaux Jr. , 49 , ran away with the guards ' guns and wearing one of their gray correctional officer uniforms , the statement from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said . Comeaux was serving a life sentence for indecency with a child , aggravated sexual assault and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon , it said . The escape happened near Baytown , Texas , about 25 miles east of Houston , it said . He was being taken from the Estelle prison in Huntsville to the Stiles prison in Beaumont , a 150-mile drive , when he `` brandished a firearm and directed the officers to stop the vehicle , '' the statement said . `` He took the officers ' weapons and apparently handcuffed them together in the back of the transport vehicle , '' it said . Police found the handcuffed guards unharmed in the vehicle at 10 a.m. CT , the statement said .
Man was serving life sentence for sexual assault , indecency with a child . He was being moved between prisons when he escaped near Houston . Authorities say he ran off with guards ' guns , wearing one of their uniforms .