CRIME & SAFETY
Felon caught after escaping North Carolina prison during ‘family visitation’, officials say
Roy Steven Buff escaped the Rutherford Correctional Center and was free for about five hours Sunday and managed to get less than a mile from the North Carolina prison, officials said.
Prisoner back in custody after escaping from WNC prison
An inmate is back in custody after escaping from a Western North Carolina prison, over the weekend. The Spindale Police Department says 33 year old, Roy Steven Buff escaped from the Rutherford Correctional Center just after 1PM, Sunday afternoon.
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