Escaped_inmate_captured_in_Jackson

Michael F. Easley Governor		Theodis Beck Secretary
North Carolina Department of Correction

For Release:	Contact: Keith Acree
Date: Nov. 25, 2008	Phone: 919 -716-3700

Escaped inmate captured in Jackson County

Webb, Travis Leon SYLVA – A Foothills Correctional Institution inmate who escaped in 2005 was captured Monday about 4:45 p.m. on Camp Creek Road in Jackson County.

Correctional officers, deputies from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department, Sylva Police Department and the N.C. Highway Patrol acted on a tip and located Travis Leon Webb, 44, (#0429480) near Sylva. He rammed a deputy’s vehicle with a late-model Chevrolet Lumina and was captured following a pursuit and a foot chase.

Webb walked away from a road work crew on April 20, 2005. He was serving a felony breaking and entering conviction from McDowell County. Additional charges are pending with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department.

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North Carolina Department of Correction
Public Information Office 4202 Mail Service Center Raleigh NC 27699-4202
Phone (919) 716-3700 Fax: (919) 716-3795 www.doc.state.nc.us