Jail escapee caught Wednesday morning

A local inmate who escaped Monday was captured and booked back into jail

early Wednesday morning.

Around 6 a.m. Wednesday, deputies with the Wayne County Sheriff's

Department located and apprehended Martin Ralls III, 42, in the 7100

block of Highway 184 East.

He escaped from the Wayne County Adult Detention Center on Monday after

scaling a fence at the back of the facility and escaping into a wooded

area. He was found on Wednesday morning and transported to Wayne General

Hospital for medical evaluation as he may have been suffering from

dehydration.

Ralls was originally arrested on Tuesday, March 5 after an extended

search by local authorities. Deputies and other officials had been

seeking to arrest Ralls on a felony warrant and a drone was used to

locate him.

On the day of his arrested, he allegedly tried to break into a home on

J.A. Bunch Road in Clara and was apprehended shortly after that

incident. No one was harmed in that incident.

Ralls was charged with resisting arrest (two counts), fleeing, felony

fleeing, burglary, child endangerment, possession of a weapon by a

convicted felon and grand larceny.

In addition to those original charges, he is expected to face further

charges related to his escape.