RALEIGH, N.C. — According to a release from the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, State correctional and local law enforcement officers have found a Wilkes Correctional Center minimum custody inmate who disappeared Friday.
Roger Hawkins, 48, was captured by the Ashe County Sheriff’s Department Saturday at 2:30 a.m. Authorities say Hawkins was arrested in a stolen car in downtown West Jefferson.
Hawkins was originally reported missing from his work-release assignment in the Foster Street area of Wilkesboro Friday afternoon.
He was convicted for robbery with a dangerous weapon in Lee County and was admitted into prison on Jan. 23, 2015. He was scheduled for release on Sept. 16, 2021.
Hawkins will now be moved to a higher custody facility and will face additional charges.
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