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Escaped murderer Ramone Alston was captured shortly before 2 a.m. today at a hotel on Cloverleaf Parkway in Kannapolis, in an operation that included FBI Charlotte SWAT agents, Kannapolis Police and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police.  He was taken into custody without injuries to anyone.

A $50,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the capture of escaped murderer Ramone Alston, 30. Local, state and federal law enforcement and public safety agencies are continuing the search for convicted murderer Ramone Alston who escaped from the custody of state corrections officers Tuesday morning while arriving for a medical appointment in HillsboroughGovernor Roy Cooper authorized a $30,000 reward from the state, the United States Marshals Service is providing $10,000 and the FBI is providing $10,000.

A $35,000 reward is offered as local, state and federal law enforcement and public safety agencies are continuing the search for convicted murderer Ramone Alston, 30, who escaped from the custody of state corrections officers Tuesday morning while arriving for a medical appointment in Hillsborough.

The referenced media source is missing and needs to be re-embedded. State correctional and local law enforcement officers are seeking offender Ramone Alston (#1326788), who escaped Tuesday morning while being transported to a medical appointment in Hillsborough. Alston, 30, is a Black male with family and friends in the area. He is serving a life sentence for a 2018 first degree murder conviction in Orange County.  He was housed at Bertie Correctional Institution in Windsor. 

WHAT: Quarterly meeting of the State Reentry Council Collaborative (SRCC). The SRCC was established by the North Carolina General Assembly and Gov. Roy Cooper in 2017 and is managed by the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction. The SRCC is made up of representatives from across state and local government whose agency responsibilities intersect with the incarceration or reentry process for people in North Carolina.

Rogers previously served as warden of Dan River Prison Work Farm.

 RE: Sethy T. Seam 0665448COUNTY AND COURT: Davidson County; Superior CourtCRIME AND SENTENCE: 97 CRS 021110 Murder First Degree; Life CONVICTION DATE: September 30, 1999Dear News Editor:

 RE: Jerome M. Stokes 0391633COUNTY AND COURT: Lee County; Superior CourtCRIME AND SENTENCE: 94 CRS 9037 Murder First Degree; Life CONVICTION DATE: November 10, 1994Dear News Editor:

WHAT: A virtual meeting of the Joint Reentry Council to discuss the Reentry Strategic Plan.WHEN: 9 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7MEETING INFORMATION: The North Carolina Joint Reentry Council members will convene a virtual meeting to discuss and approve the state’s Reentry Strategic Plan. The strategic plan is designed to address educational, rehabilitative, and reentry services for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals in North Carolina. 

Barnes is responsible for all operations at the facility, which houses approximately 800 male offenders in medium- and minimum-custody housing units.