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Wake County escaped inmate found in High Point, recognized by tattoos
A man who walked off his prison job at the Department of Public Safety's Correction Enterprise warehouse in Apex was found at a hotel in High Point on Sunday.
A man who walked off his prison job at the Department of Public Safety's Correction Enterprise warehouse in Apex was found at a hotel in High Point on Sunday.
Michael Lee Willis-Rockett, 29, was an inmate at the Wake County Correctional Center serving a two-year sentence for identity theft/fraud and a probation revocation.
He was reported missing from his job on Thursday morning, officials said.
He is now facing additional charges of escape just four months before his release date, WECT reports.
Officials said Willis-Rockett was given away by his "distinctive" tattoos.
When he escaped, he was working at the warehouse where he loaded trucks of supplies for the prison system, WECT reports.
