Prison escapee Michael Dewayne Clark was captured Tuesday by McDowell Sheriff's Office and Marion Police investigators. About 3pm, an unrelated investigation was underway at 425 Yancey Street, when Clark was spotted at the rear of the residence. Clark initially gave investigators a fictitious name and as they attempted to take him into custody, he fled on foot and led them on a short pursuit before being apprehended. Clark, who has ties to McDowell County, escaped from a work assignment at Harnett Correctional Center on September 14th, and had been on the run since. He was a minimum-custody inmate serving a sentence at Sanford Correctional Center for breaking and entering, with a projected release date of February 2020. A search of his belongings Tuesday turned up a loaded sawed-off shotgun. Weapons-related charges are pending. The N.C.Department of Corrections took custody of Clark and transported him back to prison, according to McDowell County Emergency Management.

Getting 'stuck in the mud" led to an arrest for a Nebo man. Christopher Dylan Stevens, 27, was charged by McDowell deputies with possession of a stolen motor vehicle. Residents on Mockingbird Drive in Nebo had reported seeing a 2014 Chevrolet 1500 truck stuck in the mud while Stevens was spotted in the same area. Officers checked the vehicle to discover that it had been reported as stolen from Moose's Motors in Burke County two days earlier. The truck, valued at $10,000, was recovered. Stevens' bond was set at $10,000.

The former Treasurer of a Fraternal Order of Police Lodge in Newton has been indicted for Embezzling more than $110,000. The announcement was made Tuesday by Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S.Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Timothy James Brewer, 63, of Newton, from 2005 to 2016 worked for the Catawba County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #26 and was elected to serve as its' Treasurer. As alleged in the indictment, Brewer fraudulently obtained just over $110,000 from the FOP and converted the funds for his personal gain without any authority from the FOP. Brewer has been released on bond.