Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007
By Marcie Young
Charlotte Observer Staff Writer
Burke County authorities Tuesday were looking for a Department of Corrections inmate who, while working at a Morgnaton developmental care center Tuesday, stole the keys to a car and fled.
The inmate at Western Youth Institute, a detention facility in Morganton, was working with housekeeping staff at about 11 a.m. Tuesday at the J. Iverson Developmental Center, said center director Arthur Robarge.
He stole the keys to a 1998 maroon or red, four-door Ford Contour and escaped, authorities said.
Robarge said a member of housekeeping staff left her keys on a cart, and the inmate took them while she wasn't looking.
Inmates serving time for nonviolent crimes, Robarge said, regularly work at the developmental facility to help with laundry, cleaning and other tasks.
Authorities were looking for William Hicks, 18, who was serving a sentence for possession of stolen goods and is from Buncombe County.
Hicks is about 5 feet, 7 inches, weighs about 120 pounds and has brown hair and hazel eyes. He was last seen wearing a green Department of Corrections jumpsuit.
Anyone with information should call the N.C. Department of Corrections 828-438-6037.
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