Inmate recaptured after walking away from Wake work detail
A Wake Correctional Center inmate who was reported missing from his approved work assignment in Raleigh was apprehended Friday afternoon in Knightdale, authorities said.
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Darius K. Wilcher, 26, disappeared near New Bern Avenue around 12:45 p.m., authorities said. He was caught about three hours later.
Wilcher is a minimum-security inmate serving a drug-related sentence. He has previous convictions for assault with a deadly weapon on a government employee and possession of a firearm by a felon, according to state Department of Public Safety records.
He will be moved to a higher-security facility and will face charges for his escape, authorities said.
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