State correctional and local law enforcement officers are seeking Bertie Correctional Institution offender Ramone Alston (#1326788), who escaped this 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 Couny.
He escaped from custody around 7 a.m. when the transport van arrived at UNC Gastroenterology on Waterstone Drive, off N.C. 86. He had freed himself from leg restraints and, still in handcuffs, jumped out and ran into adjacent woods.
If anyone sees Alston, please do not approach. Call 911 or Bertie Correctional Institution at 252-794-8600.
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