RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — North Carolina officials say a man convicted of assault with serious bodily injury escaped a prison Sunday afternoon during “a family visitation.”
The incident took place just after 1 p.m. at Rutherford Correctional Center near Spindale in Rutherford County, about 70 miles west of Charlotte, according to a news release from the North Carolina Department of Corrections.
Roy Steven Buff, 33, is serving about three years for a conviction of felony assault – inflicting serious bodily injury following a case in Rutherford County, officials said and prison records indicate.
Before his escape Sunday, he was scheduled for release in May 2025, the news release said. The assault took place in August 2022 and his sentence began in mid-December of that year.
Rutherford Correctional Center in Spindale is a minimum-security prison for men nearing the end of their sentences.
When he left the prison, Buff was wearing green pants and a gray t-shirt.
Officials said anyone with information on Buff’s location should call 911 or Rutherford Correctional Center at 828-286-4121.
Rodney Overton
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