Report: Inmate wore janitor’s uniform to escape from prison

RALEIGH, NC (AP) — A report from a North Carolina prison says an inmate who escaped put on a janitor’s uniform and followed another employee out the door.

The News & Observer of Raleigh quotes authorities who say Chad Lee Houser, who was in prison awaiting trial on murder charges, escaped from Central Prison last Friday afternoon and fled Raleigh in a stolen pickup truck.

He was caught later that night in Cumberland County, about 50 miles to the south.

A Department of Public Safety incident report said Houser followed a pharmacy specialist into a part of the prison designed for controlled entry and exit.