Virginia Halfway House Escapee Captured at North Charleston Amtrak Station

Man escaped federal custody, tried to flee by train, North Charleston Police say

A man who had escaped the custody of a federal halfway house is back behind bars now that the North Charleston Police Department and U.S. Marshals found and arrested him.

Virginia halfway house escapee captured at North Charleston Amtrak station

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A man who authorities say escaped a federal halfway house in Virginia was captured in North Charleston last week. The U.S. Marshals Task Force and officers from the North Charleston Police Department arrested 26-year-old Master Willie Weathers at the North Charleston Amtrak station on August 29. “Weathers had escaped from a federal halfway house in Virginia and was attempting to flee by train. Authorities had lear…