Beverly Eaves Perdue
Governor

Alvin W. Keller Jr.
Secretary

North Carolina Department of Correction

Search under way for missing inmate

LENOIR - Corrections and law enforcement officers are seeking Joseph Courtner (#0509765), a minimum-custody inmate, who left his litter crew assignment just before noon today.

The minimum-custody crew was picking up litter along N.C. Highway 18/Morganton Boulevard when the supervising correctional officer saw him run into the woods. 

Courtner was serving a 10-month sentence for driving while license revoked and resisting an officer.  He was assigned to the minimum-security Caldwell Correctional Center in Lenoir.

Anyone who has seen Courtner should call local law enforcement or Caldwell Correctional Center at 828-726-2509.

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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