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Officers find North Carolina fugitive hiding in dryer

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SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) -

James Antonio King, 26, of Garden City, who was wanted by the New Bern, N.C. Police Dept. on charges of robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon, was arrested Oct. 31 by the United States Marshals Service, Savannah Office of the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force.

The Savannah Task Force verified with the United States Marshals Office in Raleigh, N.C. that King was wanted on the charges and then tracked him to an apartment in the Ponderosa Forest Apartments off Laroche Avenue. in Savannah. Officers searched the apartment and found King hiding amongst a load of sheets in the Maytag dryer in the apartment.

King was arrested without incident. He is currently being held in the Chatham County Jail, awaiting extradition back to North Carolina.

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