RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Authorities have captured an inmate who escaped from a North Carolina prison.
A news release from the N.C. Department of Public Safety said Jonathan Henderson was captured Thursday by Greensboro police officers as he walked down a local street.
According to the department, Henderson scaled a fence Wednesday night and escaped from Randolph Correctional Center, a minimum-security state prison in Asheboro and approximately 27 miles (43 kilometers) south of Greensboro.
Henderson, who was serving a five-month sentence for selling drugs, will now be housed at Central Prison in Raleigh. He will face a felony escape charge.
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