DAVIDSON COUNTY, N.C. -- North Carolina Department of Public Safety officials said Sunday deputies captured an escaped inmate in Davidson County.
NCDPS reported Davidson County deputies found Kristopher McNeil walking along old Highway 52, near Hickory Tree Road, just before 11 p.m. Sunday.
"We appreciate the many law enforcement agencies working closely by the department's side working to get McNeil back in custody," said George Solomon, Director of Prisons. "We are especially grateful to the citizens who called in tips and anyone who aided in his capture without anyone getting hurt."
McNeil escaped from Brown Creek Correctional Institution in Anson County Saturday morning. NCDPS received two confirmed sightings of McNeil in Winston-Salem Sunday. Investigators say he has family and friends in the city.
Authorities believe Brown Creek correctional officer Kendra Lynette Miller helped McNeil escape just after midnight Saturday morning.
Pamela Walker, spokesperson for the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, said investigators believe Miller gave McNeil a ride after he jumped the fence at Brown Creek.
Polkton Police Department charged Miller with sex with an inmate, harboring a fugitive and aiding and abetting a fugitive. Her bond was set at $500,000. Police said Miller has been a food service officer at Brown Correctional Institution since December 2014.
Walker also said someone -- friends or family -- helped McNeil as he ran from authorities in Winston-Salem by giving him a place to hide, and even offering him rides, while he was in the city.
Walker said, during a news conference Sunday, authorities don't currently plan to charge any other people following McNeil's escape.
McNeil was scheduled for release in 2018, was serving a sentence for second-degree murder.
McNeil has been convicted of several crimes, including the second-degree murder conviction, in Forsyth County. A background check showed he also had convictions for Assault on a Public Officer, Breaking and Entering Vehicles, Carrying a Concealed Weapon and Possession of a Firearm by Felon.
