CHEROKEE COUNTY, S.C. — An inmate was taken into custody Wednesday morning after escaping the Cherokee County Detention Center late Monday, authorities confirmed.
According to the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, Joshua Lee Shoemaker escaped from the jail sometime around 10 p.m. Monday. He allegedly got out by opening an emergency exit door and then using a blanket to cover razor wire on top of a fence before jumping and running away. At some point after jumping over the fence, Shoemaker took off his orange jail jumpsuit.
The sheriff’s office said Shoemaker cut himself on part of the razor wire and left a small trail of blood, but said they believed he had gotten in a vehicle to leave the area.
Shoemaker’s last known address was in York County, according to the sheriff’s office.
On Wednesday, the York County Sheriff’s Office shared that Shoemaker was taken into custody in Shelby, North Carolina that morning.
Cherokee County deputies said Shoemaker was originally booked into custody on Aug. 3, 2021 for charges of armed robbery, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, pointing and presenting a firearm, and assault and battery. He also had a charge from the Gaffney Police Department for grand larceny.
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