https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/def ... k-77108678WILSON, N.C. -- A man who was on trial on attempted murder charges fled a North Carolina courtroom while he was on lunch break, authorities said.
The Wilson County Sheriff’s Office is looking for Deonta Earl Bridgers, 31, who jurors convicted in absentia on Wednesday after he fled, The Wilson Times reported. Prior to the court proceedings, Bridgers was on house arrest without any additional restrictions.
This also happened back in 2015, per the same article above:
In November 2015, Devon Shamark Crooms vanished during a lunch break in his trial in Wilson County. A jury convicted him in absentia on charges stemming from two shooting deaths in 2011. Crooms was captured in Florida after seven months on the run.