Jailbreak Coverage

Captured: Missing Wake Correctional Center inmate tracked down by GPS in Randolph County

East, who was serving a four-year sentence for breaking and entering and larceny in Randolph County, stole a state-owned pickup truck while working at an Adult Correction warehouse on Leagan Drive in Raleigh.

WRAL Staff

Here's what $20 million to make Nash County jail safer looks like

The Nash County Detention Center is just weeks away from moving inmates into a newly renovated section of the jail.

Heidi Kirk, WRAL eastern North Carolina reporter

Murderer fugitive tracked by heat signature, captured after two-week manhunt

A "heat signal" detected by a federal law enforcement aircraft early Wednesday morning led to the capture of the convicted murderer whose escape from a Pennsylvania jail two weeks ago stoked fear across a broad swath of Philadelphia's western suburbs.

Elise Young and Campbell Robertson, New York Times

Murderer's escape, manhunt brings back memories of a similar search for a notorious serial killer

Manhunt for Danelo Cavalcante is reminiscent of another moment in PA history - Norman Johnston's escape from a prison near Altoona, Pa., in August 1999.

Amanda Lamb, WRAL reporter

Sister pleads guilty to helping murder suspect escape

Adriana Marin Sotelo, the sister of a man charged with the murder last summer of a Wake County deputy, pleaded guilty this week to helping him break out of Piedmont Regional Jail in Virginia.

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Woman charged with helping inmate escape Orange County prison

A prisoner who escaped Monday from the Orange County Correctional Center in Hillsborough was recaptured 24 hours later.

Brother, sister, accomplice indicted for Virginia jail break

A murder suspect, his sister and an accomplice were indicted May 30 in connection with a jailbreak a month earlier at Piedmont Regional Jail in Virginia.

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Five security guards fired, others demoted after Wake County deputy's suspected killer escaped Virginia jail

Piedmont Regional Jail superintendent Jerry Townsend said five security guards have been fired, while several more were demoted and disciplined.

Five security guards fired, others demoted after suspected killer escapes Virginia jail

Piedmont Regional Jail superintendent Jerry Townsend said five security guards have been fired, while several more were demoted and disciplined.

Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporter

FBI: Getaway car used by murder suspect to escape jail found in Texas

The FBI on Tuesday located a red Mustang used by Alder Alfonso Marin-Sotelo in his escape from a Virginia jail in April.

Monica Casey, WRAL Durham reporter

After jailbreak, a siblings both face long legal road to justice

Adriana Marin-Sotelo is held without bond. Her brother is in custody in Mexico. WRAL team coverage lays out what's next for the family and the quest for justice in the death of a Wake deputy last summer.

Jail escapee tracked from Virginia, captured in Mexico

Alder Alfonso Marin-Sotelo was taken into custody by Mexican authorities in the state of Guerrero - more than 2,400 miles about 4 and a half days after he escaped Piedmont Regional Jail in Virginia, the FBI said.

Breaking News: Alder Marin-Sotelo captured

The suspect in a Wake deputy's murder who escaped a Virginia jail Sunday was captured in Mexico on Thursday.

Capture in Mexico is just the start of long road to justice for suspect in Wake deputy's murder

The U.S. Marshals Service on Friday confirmed Alder Alfonso Marin-Sotelo, who is charged with the murder of a Wake County deputy, worked in tandem with his bunkmate at a Virginia jail to make an escape plan.

Chelsea Donovan, WRAL reporter

WRAL Investigates: Jail locks may have been faulty before two escaped

The board that oversees Piedmont Regional Jail in southern Virginia has known for months that locks at the facility were "failing," WRAL Investigates found in minutes from meetings of the jail authority board dating back to December 2022.

Problems with Va. jail's locks were known for months before murder suspect's escape

The board that oversees Piedmont Regional Jail in southern Virginia has known for months that locks at the facility were "failing," WRAL Investigates found in minutes from meetings of the jail authority board dating back to December 2022.

WRAL Investigates

Sister charged with helping murder suspect escape from jail.

On Monday, the FBI charged Adriana Marin-Sotelo with assisting in her brother's escape from a Virginia jail. Alder Alfonso Marin-Sotelo and his older brother, Arturo Marin-Sotelo, are charged with murdering Wake Deputy Ned Byrd in August, and the younger man escaped a Virginia jail over the weekend.

FBI offers reward, arrests sister of jail escapee, suspect in murder of Wake deputy

The sister of a murder suspect is under arrest on a charge she helped arrange his escape over the weekend from a Virginia jail.

Matt Talhelm, WRAL reporter

NC fallen officers tribute comes amid search for suspect in Wake deputy's murder who escaped Va. jail

North Carolina's annual tribute to law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty takes place Tuesday as the search for the suspected killer of a Wake deputy continues.

Chelsea Donovan, WRAL reporter

Man accused of murdering Wake Co. deputy fled jail in red Mustang

The man is accused of murdering Wake County deputy Ned Byrd.

Timeline shows it took 26 hours for inmates' escape to be discovered

Alder Alfonso Marin-Sotelo has been gone since early Sunday, according to Jerry Townsend, superintendent of the Piedmont Regional Jail, who said the jail saw two escapes that day - Alder Alfonso Marin-Sotelo escaped around 1 a.m. and another man, unrelated to the Byrd case but with connections to North Carolina, did so around 11:30 p.m., Townsend told WRAL News.

Local, state, federal authorities search for suspect in Ned Byrd murder who escaped Va. jail

Alder Alfonso Marin-Sotelo, 26, is one of two men to escape Piedmont Regional Jail on April 30, 2023. He and his brother, Arturo Marin-Sotelo, are charged with murdering Wake County Deputy Ned Byrd in August 2022.

Murder suspect in Wake deputy's death faces federal charge after Va. jailbreak

The FBI on Tuesday added a federal charge of escape from custody to the list of charges faced by Alder Alfonso Marin-Sotelo, one of two brothers linked to the shooting of Wake County Deputy Ned Byrd last summer.

Nash County leaders meet to discuss issues with jail

Officials will meet Monday to discuss the history of safety issues and inmate escapes at the Nash County Detention Center.

Renovations underway at Nash County jail after multiple inmates escape

Officials will meet Monday to discuss the history of safety issues and inmate escapes at the Nash County Detention Center.

Kasey Cunningham, WRAL reporter