RALEIGH, N.C. – An escaped inmate from North Carolina was captured Thursday afternoon in York County, SC. The North Carolina Department of Public Safety says Joshua Ostwalt, 32, escaped from a recreation yard in Lumberton on Wednesday.
Officers in York County took him into custody Thursday afternoon. Ostwalt will be returned to North Carolina to face charges.
Ostwalt is serving a 2.5 year sentence for felony breaking and entering and a parole violation. He was scheduled to be released in July of next year.