North Carolina manhunt ends with convicted murderer's arrest

(NewsNation) — A convicted murderer who escaped situation transport earlier this week is backmost successful constabulary custody Friday greeting aft aggregate instrumentality enforcement agencies executed an apprehension cognition successful Kannapolis, North Carolina, according to a quality merchandise from Gov. Roy Cooper's office.

FBI Charlotte SWAT agents, Kannapolis constabulary and Charlotte-Mecklenburg constabulary captured Ramone Jamarr Alston, 30, soon earlier 2 a.m. ET connected Friday astatine a Kannapolis hotel.

Alston, who escaped limb restraints from a Department of Adult Correction conveyance Tuesday portion being transported from Bertie Correctional Institution to UNC Gastroenterology successful Hillsborough to person aesculapian care, was taken into custody without incident.

He has been charged with felony flight from situation and volition beryllium placed successful a high-security authorities situation unit, the merchandise said.

Alleged accomplice arrested

Police besides arrested Jacobia Crisp, a pistillate acquaintance of Alston, successful Alamance County successful transportation to Alston's escape. Crisp has been charged with felony aiding and abetting a fugitive.

Alston volition proceed serving a beingness condemnation successful situation for the 2015 Christmas Day sidesplitting of 1-year-old Maleah Williams.

Records amusement Alston faced 13 antithetic infractions successful custody since 2019. They ranged from having a cellphone, drugs oregon cigarettes successful his possession. The astir caller infraction was possession of a cellphone successful January.

Inside Ramone Jamarr Alston’s escape

Authorities accidental that astir 7 a.m. Tuesday, Alston freed himself from limb restraints — which were designed to enactment unit against the Achilles tendon to hinder question — and jumped retired of the transport van upon accomplishment astatine the hospital. He past ran into the adjacent woods.

“As soon arsenic helium enactment his ft connected the ground, helium took disconnected running,” Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood said during a Tuesday quality conference.

Alston's flight kicked disconnected a monolithic crushed hunt astir the infirmary installation successful which helium escaped. Hundreds of instrumentality enforcement agents participated successful the search.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office primitively offered a reward of $25,000 to anyone with accusation that led to Alston's arrest. After a fewer days, the full reward was accrued to $50,000.