GREENWOOD, S.C. (AP) - An inmate who escaped from a South Carolina jail by jumping from the roof has been captured.
The Greenwood County Sheriff’s Office said 22-year-old Nathaniel Wideman was captured by neighboring Laurens County sheriff’s deputies late Wednesday morning.
Laurens deputies spotted Wideman in a car and chased him and he wrecked and was taken into custody.
Greenwood County Sheriff Dennis Kelly says a county employee across the street from the jail saw Wideman jump from the roof Tuesday and climb a fence and run away
Sheriff’s deputies and State Law Enforcement Division agents had been looking for Wideman. He had been charged Friday with possession of a stolen gun, third-degree assault and battery and aggravated breach of peach.
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