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Police searching for man escaped custody in North Carolina

By Starletta Watson,

6 days ago

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — A Thursday night search for a person who escaped police custody has extended into Friday in Fayetteville, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office says.

According to deputies, the person in custody escaped around 9:30 p.m. Thursday night while at the Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville. Deputies have not publicly identified the subject as they continue their search.

The search has expanded as it continues this morning into the areas within the hospital, as well as Bragg Boulevard and Sycamore Dairy Road.

The sheriff’s office asks that anyone with information on this active investigation call the sheriff’s office at 910-323-1500.

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Tina Brady Langley

4d ago

Can’t report what you can’t see!!!! Why not put out his picture? No, let’s wait til he takes someone hostage or kills some 90 yr old to take their car……THEN they may put a photo out! They shouldn’t even run the story if this is all they can come up with!

HJ Joseph

6d ago

Well, I have seen a few people’s today so maybe all of them fit the description, who knows if we don’t have a face to match the description..

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