Crime & Safety

Report: Prison Escapee Captured in Gaston

Kentucky fugitive now behind bars at Lexington County Detention Center.

A man who escaped lockup from a Kentucky prison facility has been captured in Gaston, WIS reports.

According to the report, Phillip Houston McBride allegedly escaped from the Marion Adjustment Center in Marion County, Kentucky last Friday before authorities captured him along Pelion Road in Gaston on Wednesday.

"Investigators uncovered Lexington County warrants from June 2011 for McBride on charges of manufacturing methamphetamine, grand larceny, and trespassing," the report added.

McBride, who was taken into custody by agents from SLED, the U.S. Marshals Service, and the , remains in the Lexington County Detention Center awaiting a court hearing.

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