Ramone Alston was serving a life sentence for first-degree murder at the Bertie Correctional Institution.
ORANGE COUNTY, N.C. — Deputies on Tuesday were searching for a dangerous inmate who escaped while being transported to the UNC Hospitals Hillsborough campus.
Before 8 a.m., the Orange County Sheriff’s Office was searching for Ramone Alston, 30, described as Black a man wearing a gray T-shirt, khaki pants and white New Balance tennis shoes. He was also seen wearing handcuffs connected to a belly chain with a black box over the junction.
Alston was serving a life sentence for first-degree murder at the Bertie Correctional Institution.
Alston escaped Tuesday while he was being transported to receive care at UNC Gastroenterology at Hillsborough, located at 460 Waterstone Drive, according to the state Department of Adult Corrections (DAC).
According to DAC, Alston escaped from custody around 7 a.m. when the prison transport van arrived at UNC Gastroenterology. He freed himself from leg restraints and, still in handcuffs, jumped out and ran into the adjacent woods. He was never treated.
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