Prison escapee captured

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

For Release: IMMEDIATE	Contact: Pamela Walker
Date: August 21, 2003	Phone: (919) 716-3733

Prison escapee captured MORGANTON – Inmate Neal Tregre, who escaped from Western Youth Institution on Aug. 12, is back in state custody after Division of Prisons staff captured him in Charlotte late Wednesday night. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers helped arrest Tregre near downtown Charlotte. Tregre now faces escape charges and other charges for crimes he allegedly committed during his escape. He already is serving a sentence of three years and three months after being convicted of breaking and entering in Craven County. Another inmate, Randy Green, escaped with Tregre on Aug. 12, but was captured a few hours later. The two minimum custody inmates were assigned to an educational program and escaped from the training site located on Mt. Home Church Road in Morganton. # # # ATTENTION EDITORS: For a digital photo and sentence history for inmate Neal Tregre (DOC #0752405) or Randy Green (DOC #0747830), visit the Department of Correction web site at www.doc.state.nc.us and click the link "Offender Search" or call the Public Information Office at (919) 716-3700.