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Curry County jail employee placed on leave following escape

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Clovis, N.M. — At least one Curry County jail employee is on paid administrative leave and county officials say more than one appears to have violated county policy in connection with Sunday's jail escape.

Officials tell the Clovis News Journal the inmate police described as "dangerous" ran out an unsecured door when a detention officer became "distracted" during a work detail. Officials have declined to say how the guard was distracted.

Thirty-five-year-old Narcizo Soto Jr. became the jail's 14th escapee in nine years when he ran away Sunday. He was captured Sunday night.

Undersheriff Wesley Waller says Soto was found hiding in the attic of a relative's home. Sheriff's deputies and Clovis police officers returned him to jail without incident.

Information from: Clovis News Journal

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