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Escaped prisoner from Butner found

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By ABC11
BUTNER, N.C.

Earnest Thomas, 60, was found Thursday off Old Oxford Road in Durham County.

The U.S. Marshals Service said they used bloodhounds to locate Thomas on the back porch of a house.

He was returned to the prison by 7 p.m.

Officials said Thomas, who is originally from Henderson, was serving a sentence for cocaine possession.

He was scheduled to be released in 2020.

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