FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Police in Fayetteville have located and arrested a man who escaped police custody Tuesday.

  • Police were looking for Martavious Tyson.
  • He fled after being arrested early Tuesday.
  • He was found along the Murchison Road corridor.

Twenty-three-year-old Martavious Tyson was arrested after a traffic stop in the Pamalee Drive area around 3 a.m. Tuesday. He was found in possession of an open container of alcohol and a stolen firearm.

When an officer let Tyson out of the vehicle at the Cumberland County Jail, Tyson ran off and jumped a security fence.

Tyson was found around 4 p.m. Tuesday along the Murchison Road corridor and was taken back into custody.

He was charged with Possession of Firearm by Felon, Possession of a Stolen Firearm, Resisting a Public Officer, Misdemeanor Larceny, Open Container Violation, and Rear Lamp Violation.

He's under a $110,000 bond at Cumberland County Detention Center.

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