Inmate who escaped federal prison found hiding in North Carolina

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WBTV) - An escaped inmate was captured after he was found hiding in North Carolina this week.

The inmate -- 36-year-old Travis Shaquann Fair -- escaped the federal prison in Edgefield, S.C., on Sunday, Nov. 8.

U.S. marshals learned Fair was hiding at a hotel on Tunnel Road in Asheville, and arrested him early Tuesday morning. Marshals took him into custody without incident.

Asheville police and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation also helped with the search for Fair.

Fair was serving an 80-month sentence for possession of a firearm by a felon. A news release from 2022 alleged Fair illegally obtained a gun by having a his girlfriend buy it for him. That incident happened in Asheville.

The federal prison in Edgefield is a males-only, medium-security facility, with a minimum-security satellite camp.

Officials did not immediately say how Fair was able to escape.

Tunnel Road runs just east of downtown Asheville, near the I-40/I-240 interchange. The area is about 150 miles from Edgefield.

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