Authorities Look For SC Prison Escapee In Shelby
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SHELBY, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in Shelby are looking for an inmate serving eight years for burglary who escaped from a South Carolina prison a week ago.
Police told local media outlets that 57-year-old Hoyle Mincey was driving a stolen van when he was pulled over in Shelby around 3 a.m. Saturday. As an officer tried to figure out who Mincey was, he jumped from the van and ran into the woods.
Authorities used dogs to search the woods, but didn’t find Mincey. They planned to keep looking Sunday.
Mincey escaped from the Wateree Correctional Institution in Sumter County, South Carolina, on Oct. 12.
Authorities say he has a record in North Carolina and appears to have ties to Shelby, which is 40 miles west of Charlotte.
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