
A manhunt is underway for a North Carolina prisoner that left via the prison’s air flow system, authorities stated.
John Matthew Nigh, 37, was being hung on tried murder costs at the Craven Area Prison in New Bern.

John Matthew Nigh is seen in a reserving picture launched by the Craven Area Constable’s Workplace.
Craven Area Constable’s Workplace
The Craven Area Constable’s Workplace said apprehension police officers recognized he was missing out on from his cell at 4 p.m. Sunday, which his cellmates assisted hide his getaway.
” A search identified that the prisoner, helped by his 2 cellmates, had actually gotten rid of a ceiling grating, went into an energy ceiling chase and left the roofing system via an air flow real estate,” the constable’s workplace stated. “The cellmates hid his getaway by packing a bed mattress, making it show up that he was oversleeping his cell.”
The united state Marshals Solution’s Fugitive Job Pressure is aiding in the search.
The constable’s workplace alerted that Nigh has actually been “equipped in previous experiences” with police and “must be taken into consideration harmful.”

A prisoner left from the Craven Area prison in New Bern, North Carolina.
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Nigh was nailed in June 2024 after purportedly contending replacements in Onslow Area.
He was desired on numerous costs out of Pamlico Area, consisting of felony larceny, and replacements had actually been trying to take him right into custodianship at a home in Onslow Area, authorities said.
Nigh purportedly discharged 2 rounds at 3 replacements, none of whom were struck, authorities stated.
He was billed with 3 matters of tried first-degree murder, 3 matters of attack on a police police officer, property of a gun by an offender and various other costs.
Nigh was explained by cops being 6 feet, 2 inches and considering 190 extra pounds. He has a tattoo of a cross on his top right arm and the letters “JMN” on his top left arm, authorities stated.