Prison Escapee Holds Woman Hostage

0:00It's April 22nd. This is Durham News, today local news powered by AI. A 46-year-old inmate named Antoine Lopez Clemens pulled off a bold prison escape from the Butner Federal Prison Camp and ended up holding A, woman hostage at gunpoint in her home in the lemon springs area of Lee County. He was about a year into an 11-year sentence for trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine across Lee and Harnet County's after pleading guilty. This year, deputies got the call around 9.15 a.m. on Monday when the woman tipped off a family member about her captor who was still rocking his prison issued close. The quick response from Lee County deputies turned the tide. They surrounded the house and talked Clemens into letting the woman go safely before he. Surrendered without a bigger fight, no one got hurt, but the close call shook up the quiet neighborhood. Now he's locked down at the Lee County Detention Center with no bond, facing heavy new charges like first degree kidnapping, breaking and entering to.

1:01Terrorized, assault by pointing a gun, communicating threats, and illegal firearm possession as a felon, plus more on the way. Investigators are still piecing together how he broke out and made it that far, but for now, this escape artist run is over, reminding us how fast. Things can escalate when the walls come down.