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🌱 Search for Edgefield prison escapee ends in Asheville

Edgefield, South Carolina Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Search for Edgefield prison escapee ends in Asheville
  • Edgefield prison escapee captured at Asheville hotel

Also on today's calendar: Office closed in observance of Thanksgiving.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 73 and low of 54 degrees.
  • Thursday: Becoming cloudy, temps: high: 69, low: 43.
  • Friday: Sunny and cooler, with a high of 58 and low of 34 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• U.S. Marshals Arrest Man Wanted for Escaping Federal Prison (usmarshals.gov) — The search for Travis Shaquann Fair, who escaped from Edgefield's federal prison November 8, ended early November 10 at a hotel off Tunnel Road in Asheville. U.S. marshals said officers arrested the 36-year-old without incident, and he is being held at a western North Carolina detention center.
   

• South Carolina federal prison escapee captured in Asheville, marshals say (cbs12.com) — A man who escaped from Edgefield's federal prison on November 8 was captured two days later at an Asheville hotel, the U.S. Marshals Service said. Travis Shaqwann Fair, 36, was arrested without incident while serving an 80-month sentence for possessing a firearm as a felon.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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