Investigators with the S.C. Department of Corrections captured an inmate in Robeson County Tuesday evening.
Josh Gelinas with the corrections department said Vernon Gardner walked away from Coastal Pre-Release Center in Charleston on Monday. He said Gardner surrendered around 5:00 p.m. Tuesday.
Gardner was being transported to Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, a maximum-security prison. He faces felony escape, a charge that carries up to 15-years in prison.

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