Escaped inmate with Forsyth County ties nabbed in North Carolina - Forsyth County News Online
\x3Cp\x3E\x3C/p\x3E\x0D\x0A\x3Cp\x3ENORTH FORSYTH \x26mdash\x3B A former Forsyth County resident who escaped a prison work\x2Drelease detail in middle Georgia was apprehended Tuesday in North Carolina after nearly a week on the run, authorities said. \x3C/p\x3E\x0D\x0A\x3Cp\x3EAccording to the Forsyth County Sheriff\x26rsquo\x3Bs Office, 20\x2Dyear\x2Dold Eric J. Coe was arrested in Roanoke Rapids, a small city off Interstate 95 near the North Carolina\x2DVirginia border. \x3C/p\x3E\x0D\x0A\x3Cp\x3EThe agency was notified of Coe\x26rsquo\x3Bs arrest about 1 p. m. Tuesday, Rodriguez said. \x3C/p\x3E\x0D\x0A\x3Cp\x3EIt was not immediately clear at the sheriff\x26rsquo\x3Bs office how Coe was found or captured. \x3C/p\x3E\x0D\x0A\x3Cp\x3EThe initial vehicle he is believed to have stolen in Lamar County, just west of Monroe, turned up on Settingdown Road in north Forsyth the day after he disappeared. \x3C/p\x3E\x0D\x0A\x3Cp\x3EAs of Tuesday, no one had been detained or arrested in Georgia in connection with Coe\x26rsquo\x3Bs disappearance, according to Robin Regan, also a spokesman for the sheriff\x26rsquo\x3Bs office. \x3C/p\x3E\x0D\x0A\x3Cp\x3EAnyone with information was encouraged to come forward to \x26ldquo\x3Bavoid being criminally charged,\x26rdquo\x3B though it was not yet clear on Tuesday if any of Coe\x26rsquo\x3Bs associates helped him. Source: www.forsythnews.com
