CLAY COUNTY, N.C. — A North Carolina sheriff’s office says they will help an inmate visit his sick mother after he escaped a work detail to try and see her.
Clay County deputies say Thomas Ware ran away from the detail on Thursday. He was recaptured on Friday.
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Ware told deputies he was trying to get to his mother, who is terminally ill.
The sheriff’s office did charge Ware for the escape, but said they will help organize a visit.
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