Authorities quash inmate takeover at North Carolina jail | AP News
- Inmates overpowered correctional staff and took over parts of a jail in eastern North Carolina early Monday, but the siege ended hours later when law enforcement officers entered the facility and seized control.
- By early afternoon, the Bureau of Investigation and the FBI had “cleared the facility,
- Inmates in a North Carolina jail overpowered correctional staff Monday, seizing parts of Bertie-Martin Regional Detention Center, authorities said.
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- Inmates in a North Carolina jail overpowered correctional staff Monday, seizing parts of Bertie-Martin Regional Detention Center, authorities said.
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- Inmates overpowered correctional staff and took over parts of a jail in eastern North Carolina early Monday, but the siege ended hours later when law enforcement officers entered the facility and seized control.
- By early afternoon, the Bureau of Investigation and the FBI had “cleared the facility,
Sources: The Independent, AP