The man who escaped from the Craven County Jail more than two weeks ago has been captured. Sheriff’s office officials say on January 26, John Nigh removed a ceiling grating, entered a utility chase, ...

Craven County Sheriff Chip Hughes gives an update Wednesday after an escaped inmate was found and taken back into custody. John Matthew Nigh was found on Tuesday afternoon. Craven County Sheriff ...

The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) said on Facebook that John Matthew Nigh was taken back into custody Tuesday afternoon. Craven County Sheriff Chip Hughes thanked the agencies ...

ARAPAHOE, N.C. (WNCN/WNCT) — Deputies from Nash County on Tuesday were assisting in a “manhunt” near the North Carolina coast for a suspect who might be a jail escapee, officials say. John Nigh, who ...

The search for 37-year-old John Matthew Nigh began on Jan. 26, when authorities realized Nigh was missing from his cell at the Craven County Detention Facility in New Bern, according to the Craven ...

Authorities are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the capture of an inmate they said escaped from his jail cell in Craven County Sunday afternoon. John Matthew Nigh, 27, broke out of ...

According to the Craven County Sheriff's Office, John Matthew Nigh was determined to have escaped his cell at around 4 p.m. on Sunday, January 26. Authorities said he was assisted by two cellmates ...

This is in connection to the escape of John Matthew Nigh from the Craven County Detention Facility on Sunday January 26, 2025. Both suspects were Nigh’s cellmates at the time of the escape.

Sunday afternoon, John Matthew Nigh was reported missing from his assigned cell at the Craven County Detention Center in New Bern, North Carolina, about 115 miles southeast of Raleigh. According ...