MORGANTON, N.C. — An inmate who escaped Thursday morning from the Foothills Correctional Institution in Morganton was captured, according to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety.
NCPDS said John Curtis Anderson escaped by climbing a fence at the minimum custody portion of the prison.
He was found just before 4:45 p.m. in a wooded area about three miles from the prison in Morganton.
He’s serving a sentence of two years and 10 months for identity theft and fraud.
He was placed in a higher custody facility and will face charges for his escape.
