2 inmates captured after both escaped from Lumberton correctional facility

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Tuesday, April 26, 2022
2 inmates captured after escape from Lumberton correctional facility
2 inmates captured after escape from Lumberton correctional facility

LUMBERTON, N.C. (WTVD) -- The search is over for two inmates who escaped Monday afternoon from the Robeson Confinement in Response to Violation Center.

Prison officials said correctional staffers and law enforcement officers were looking for Craig Guess Jr. and Arlo Swink Jr., who were discovered missing shortly after 3 p.m.

Guess, 39, was serving a 90-day sentence for a violation of his post-release supervision on a 2019 conviction of attempting to obtain property under false pretenses. He was scheduled to be released on June 7.

Swink, 38, was serving a 90-day sentence for violating parole on a 2021 drug conviction. He was also set to be released on June 7.

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