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.
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