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Updated: 6:41 PM Nov 3, 2009
SC minimum-security inmate who escaped, surrenders
Authorities say a 42-year-old inmate who walked away from a minimum security prison in South Carolina has turned himself in. Posted: 8:31 AM Nov 3, 2009Reporter: Associated Press |
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November 3, 2009
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Authorities say a 42-year-old inmate who walked away from a minimum security prison in South Carolina has turned himself in.
Escaped inmate Vernon Gardner surrendered at about 5 p.m. tonight to S.C. Department of Corrections investigators in Lumberton, N.C.
Gardner, who walked away from Coastal Pre-Release Center in Charleston Monday, is being transported to Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, S.C., a maximum-security prison. Gardner faces felony escape, a charge that carries up 15 years in prison.
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